Midian

All 7 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

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.

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.