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Gur (Hob. id. âּåּø , a whelp, fully îִòֲìֵçàּâåּø , MAALEH-Gur, i.e. ascent of the whelp; Sept, ἡ ἀíἀâáóéò Ãïýñ , Vulg. ascensus Gauer; Eng. Vers. "the going up to Gur"), a place or elevated ground in the immediate vicinity of ( áְּàּ ) Ibleam, on the road from Jezreel to Beth-hag-Gun, where John's servants overtook and mortally wounded the flying king Ahaziah (2Ki_9:27). B.C. 883. It is, perhaps, the little knoll marked on Van de Velde's Map about midway between Zenin and Jelameh. SEE IBLEAM; SEE GUR-BAAL.