Abraham Marries Keturah 1Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. View more. Moses Flees to Midian 11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his Moses at the Burning Bush 1Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Ho The Midianite Oppression 1The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
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Of or relating to ancient lower Mesopotamia and its empire centered in Babylon. Isaiah Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb.
His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt. Isaiah The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
Habakkuk I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled. Acts Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. Bearing gifts from Abraham, he and his brothers, each with his own household, moved off from Isaac into "the east country" Genesis The first recorded incident in the history of the tribe is a defeat suffered "in the field of Moab" at the hands of Hadad, king of Edom.
Of this nothing beyond the fact is known Genesis 1 Chronicles The Midianites next appear as merchantmen traveling from Gilead to Egypt, with "spicery and balm and myrrh," with no prejudice against a turn of slave-dealing Genesis Moses, on fleeing from Egypt, found refuge in the land of Midian, and became son-in-law of Jethro, the priest of Midian Exodus , A Midianite, familiar with the desert, acted as guide "instead of eyes" to the children of Israel in their wilderness wanderings Numbers The friendly relations between Israel and Midian, which seem to have prevailed at first, had been ruptured, and we find the elders of Midian acting with those of Moab in calling Balaam to curse Israel Numbers Because of the grievous sin into which they had seduced Israel on the shrewd advice of Balaam, a war of vengeance was made against the Midianites in which five of their chiefs perished; the males were ruthlessly slain, and Balaam also was put to death Numbers , 17 ; Numbers We next hear of Midian as oppressing Israel for 7 years.
Along with the Amalekites and the children of the East they swarmed across the Jordan, and their multitudinous beasts swept up the produce of the earth. Overwhelming disaster befell this horde at the onset of Gideon's chosen men. In the battle and pursuit "there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword"; their kings, Zebah and Zalmunna, and their princes, Oreb and Zeeb, sharing the common fate Judges 6 ; Judges 7 ; Judges 7 8. Echoes of this glorious victory-"the day of Midian"-are heard in later literature Psalm Isaiah ; Isaiah Habakkuk Jethro could hardly have attained the dignity of the priesthood in Midian had he been of alien blood Judges Again, the tribesmen are named indifferently Ishmaelites and Midianites Genesis , 28, 36 Judges , They must therefore have stood in close relations with the descendants of Hagar's son.
They also slew Balaam. The people spared all the women, but Moses ordered that only the unmarried of them should live The Lord raised up Gideon the judge in order to overthrow the Midianite yoke which had been on Israel for seven years Judg The Midianites clearly were waging an offensive war, for they had moved across to the W bank of the Jordan and were encamped in the Valley of Jezreel It was in that valley that the Lord routed the enemy with Gideon and one hundred torchbearing trumpeters ff.
Two of the Midianite princes, Zebah and Zalmunna, played a major role in the sequel to the battle in Judges 8. Oreb and Zeeb had been captured and killed, but these other two escaped to Trans-jordan. Gideon received no support nor encouragement from the towns of Succoth or Penuel and so cursed and punished them when he finally returned triumphantly f. This victory over the Midianites at Jezreel was memorialized by the prophet Isaiah. The land of Midian. The boundaries of the land of Midian are very indefinite.
The suggestion of Genesis that it was simply E is not very specific. It could mean anything or everything all the way from Mt. Hermon to the Euphrates and S to the Arabian peninsula, and perhaps include the Sinai peninsula. All of this is rugged desert country.
Madiana is prob. It may be the modern el-Bed twenty-six m. E of the Gulf of Aqabah. The Madian mentioned by Josephus was on the coast of the Red Sea, i. The people of Midian. Although the Midianites were descendants of Abraham through his wife Keturah, they never were considered part of the covenant people of God.
The hospitality of Jethro to Moses is commendable, but beyond that the Midianites were a people hostile to Israel.
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