Midian

The first 10 of 38 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

• Genesis 25:2

  and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

• Genesis 25:4

  The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

• Genesis 36:35

  When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

Exodus

• Exodus 2:15

  When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

• Exodus 2:16

  Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

• Exodus 3:1

  Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

• Exodus 4:19

  Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

• Exodus 18:1

  Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Numbers

• Numbers 22:4

  So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

• Numbers 22:7

  The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.

Events the dataset lists Midian as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 1258 BC
   Subjugation by MidianJudges 6:1–10 · at Canaan, Midian

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.