Midian

All 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.

• Numbers 25:15

  And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

• Numbers 25:18

  For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

• Numbers 31:3

  So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

• Numbers 31:8

  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.

• Numbers 31:9

  The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

Joshua

• Joshua 13:21

  all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

Judges

• Judges 6:1

  Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

• Judges 6:2

  and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

• Judges 7:8

  So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

• Judges 7:13

  And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

• Judges 7:14

  His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

• Judges 7:15

  When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

• Judges 7:25

  They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

• Judges 8:3

  God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

• Judges 8:5

  So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

• Judges 8:12

  When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

• Judges 8:22

  Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

• Judges 8:26

  The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

• Judges 8:28

  In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

• Judges 9:17

  for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 11:18

  Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 1:32

  The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

• 1 Chronicles 1:33

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

• 1 Chronicles 1:46

  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.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 9:4

  For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

• Isaiah 10:26

  And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.

• Isaiah 60:6

  Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:7

  I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

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.