Midian
Ancient site, identified with Al Bad.
Placeregion51 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Al Bad1,000
Names
- Midian — מִדְיָן midəyan (H4080) · Μαδιάμ Madiám “a district of Arabia Petra” (G3099) — Exodus 2:15
Name variants
- Midian (371)
- Midianites (106)
- Midianite (32)
- Madian (1)
References
Topical references
- Descendants of Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah — Genesis 25:1; Genesis 25:2; Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:32; 1 Chronicles 1:33
- Called ISHMAELITES — Genesis 37:25; Genesis 37:28; Judges 8:24
- Were merchantmen — Genesis 37:28
- Buy Joseph and sell him to Potiphar — Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36
- And rich spoil taken — Numbers 31
- Defeated by Gideon — Judges 6; Judges 7; Judges 8
- Owned multitudes of camels, and dromedaries, and large quantities of gold — Isaiah 60:6
- A snare to the Israelites — Numbers 25:16
- Prophecies concerning — Isaiah 60:6; Habakkuk 3:7
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.