Numbers 31:8 (BSB)

Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

From Numbers 31. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 31:8

• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 31:8: And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain,.... Besides the males of the common people, they slew their kings, who were petty kings or princes, perhaps under the king of Moab, or had reassumed their titles and government after the death of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who, in his time, were called dukes of Sihon, Jos...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Numbers 31:8: the kings of Midian--so called, because each was possessed of absolute power within his own city or district; called also dukes or princes of Sihon (Jos 13:21), having been probably subject to that Amorite ruler, as it is not uncommon in the East to find a number of governors or pachas tributary to one great king. Zur--father of Cozbi (Num 25:15). Balaam also . . .
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 31:8: And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (c) The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 31:7-10: Num 31:7-10 Of the campaign itself, the results are all that is recorded. No doubt it terminated with a great battle, in which the Midianites were taken unawares and completely routed. As it was a war of vengeance of Jehovah, the victors slew all the males, i.e., all the adult males, as the sequel shows, without quarter; and “upon those that were slain,” i.e., in...