Evi
“Desire or dwelling”
Summary
One of the five kings of Midian slain by Israel during the war arising from the idolatry of Baal-peor, whose lands were later allotted to the tribe of Reuben.
☩Identity and Death
Evi was one of five Midianite kings or princes who ruled territories near Sihon in the region east of the Jordan. These kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—were vassals or allies of the Amorite king Sihon. They were slain by Israel in the punitive war that followed the apostasy at Baal-peor, when Midianite women had seduced the Israelites into idolatry and immorality at the counsel of Balaam. Balaam himself was killed in this same conflict. The lands formerly held by these Midianite kings were afterward assigned to the tribe of Reuben as part of their inheritance east of the Jordan.
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Evi," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Evi," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Evi," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 4.George Morrish, "Evi," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).