Atlas  Sur (Jerusalem) and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences 2 Kings 11:6 A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.Encyclopedia SURsur (Codex Vaticanus Assour, Codex Alexandrinus Sour): Those that dwelt in Sur are mentioned along with the inhabitants of Sidon, Tyre, Ocina, etc., as dreading the approach of Holofernes and the Assyrian any (Judith 2:28). The names run from North to South, and Sur immediately follows Tyre (modern Sur), with which, therefore, it can hardly be identified. No probable identification has been suggested. Strong's Hebrew H5495: Sur"a turning aside," a gate of the temple |
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