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Salu was the father of Zimri, a Simeonite prince who was killed by Phinehas for his involvement with a Midianite woman.
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Salu is mentioned in Num.25.14 as the father of Zimri, a prince of the Simeonite tribe. The context of this passage is the Israelites' encounter with the Moabites and Midianites at Shittim, where the Israelites began to engage in sexual immorality and idolatry with the women of these nations (Num.25.1-3). This sin provoked God's anger, and He sent a plague among the Israelites (Num.25.4-5). During this time, an Israelite man named Zimri brought a Midianite woman named Cozbi into his tent in full view of the congregation, who were weeping at the entrance of the tabernacle (Num.25.6). Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron the priest, saw this and took a spear, followed the man into the tent, and killed both Zimri and Cozbi (Num.25.7-8). This act of zeal turned away God's wrath, and the plague stopped (Num.25.9-11). The passage identifies Zimri as the son of Salu, a prince of a Simeonite father's house, emphasizing his prominent position within the tribe (Num.25.14). Salu's mention in this context serves to underscore the severity of his son's sin and the consequences it brought upon the Israelites.
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(weighed), the father of Zimri the prince of the Simeonites who was slain by Phinehas. (Numbers 25:14) Called also Salom. (B.C.1452.)
SA'LU (weighed), a Simeonite chief. Num 25:14.
SA'LU (weighed), a Simeonite chief. Num 25:14. SALUTES Matt 10:12. SALUTA'TION. Luke 1:41. The salutations of the Jews were usually of a religious character - at least, in form - and were attended with much ceremony, as they are to this day among the Orientals, even the Bedouins of the desert. Sometimes there was nothing but the simple exclamation, "The Lord be with you!" or "Peace be with you!" To this last and most common form striking allusion is made by our Saviour. John 14:27; Matt 20:19, Acts 11:26. It passed into the epistolary salutation. Rom 1:7, etc. The time occupied in the ceremonies of salutation, repeatedly bowing, kissing the beard, etc., was often very considerable, Modes of Salutation in the East. Gen 33:3-4, and hence the caution in 2 Kgs 4:29; Luke 10:4 against saluting.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5543
The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.
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