Bible Cross References
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1 Chronicles 1:32
Abraham had a concubine named Keturah, who bore him six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan had two sons: Sheba and Dedan.
1 Chronicles 1:33
Midian had five sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
Jeremiah 25:25
Midian
Genesis 36:35
Genesis 37:28
and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
Exodus 2:15
When the king heard about what had happened, he tried to have Moses killed, but Moses fled and went to live in the land of Midian. One day, when Moses was sitting by a well, seven daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian, came to draw water and fill the troughs for their father's sheep and goats.
Exodus 2:16
Exodus 18:1-4
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Moses' father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything that God had done for Moses and the people of Israel when he led them out of Egypt.
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So he came to Moses, bringing with him Moses' wife Zipporah, who had been left behind,
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and Gershom and Eliezer, her two sons. (Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a strange land"; so he had named one son Gershom.
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He had also said, "The God of my father helped me and saved me from being killed by the king of Egypt"; so he had named the other son Eliezer. )
Numbers 22:4
The Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, "This horde will soon destroy everything around us, like a bull eating the grass in a pasture." So King Balak
Numbers 25:17
"Attack the Midianites and destroy them,
Numbers 25:18
because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor."
Numbers 31:2
"Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die."
Numbers 31:8
including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.
Judges 6:1-8
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Once again the people of Israel sinned against the LORD, so he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years.
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The Midianites were stronger than Israel, and the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the hills.
3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites would come with the Amalekites and the desert tribes and attack them.
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They would camp on the land and destroy the crops as far south as the area around Gaza. They would take all the sheep, cattle, and donkeys, and leave nothing for the Israelites to live on.
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They would come with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. They and their camels were too many to count. They came and devastated the land,
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and Israel was helpless against them.
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Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help against the Midianites,
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and he sent them a prophet who brought them this message from the LORD, the God of Israel: "I brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
Shuah
Job 2:11
Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz, from the city of Teman, Bildad, from the land of Shuah, and Zophar, from the land of Naamah. When they heard how much Job had been suffering, they decided to go and comfort him.