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1 Chronicles 1 32-1 Chronicles 1 33
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.Midian’s sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s descendants.
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Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards.
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Jeremiah 25:25
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
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Genesis 36:35
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad reigned in his place. He defeated Midian in the field of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.
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Judges 6:1-8
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD handed them over to Midian seven years,and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them.They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to lay waste to it.So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.When the Israelites cried out to him because of Midian,the LORD sent a prophet to them. He said to them,“ This is what the LORD God of Israel says:‘ I brought you out of Egypt and out of the place of slavery.
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Numbers 22:4
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian,“ This horde will devour everything around us like an ox eats up the green plants in the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was Moab’s king at that time,
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Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends— Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite— heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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Numbers 31:8
Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings— Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
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Numbers 31:2
“ Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
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Genesis 37:28
When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.
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Exodus 2:15-16
When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
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Numbers 25:17-18
“ Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”
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Exodus 18:1-4
Moses’s father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and for God’s people Israel when the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt.Now Jethro, Moses’s father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’s wife, after he had sent her back,along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom( because Moses had said,“ I have been a resident alien in a foreign land”)and the other Eliezer( because he had said,“ The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).
