From Nave’s Topical Bible
Midianites
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 16Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Descendants of Midian, son of Abraham by KeturahGenesis 25:1Genesis 25:2Genesis 25:41 Chronicles 1:321 Chronicles 1:33
- Called ISHMAELITESGenesis 37:25Genesis 37:28Judges 8:24
- Were merchantmenGenesis 37:28
- Buy Joseph and sell him to PotipharGenesis 37:28Genesis 37:36
- Defeated by the Israelites under Phineas
- Five of their kings killed
- The women taken captive
- Cities burned
- And rich spoil takenNumbers 31
- Defeated by GideonJudges 6Judges 7Judges 8
- Owned multitudes of camels, and dromedaries, and large quantities of goldIsaiah 60:6
- A snare to the IsraelitesNumbers 25:16–18
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- Prophecies concerningIsaiah 60:6Habakkuk 3:7
The passages, in Bible order (16)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 25:1
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
Commentary on Genesis 25:12 voices
(Chapter 25, Verse 1) And Abraham added and took another wife, and her name was Keturah. And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. And Abraham gave everything that he had to Isaac.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
Then again Abraham took a wife,.... Three years after the death of Sarah, and when his son Isaac was married, and he alone, and now one hundred and forty years of age: and her name was Keturah; who she was, or of what family, is not said. An Arabic writer (z) says she was a daughter of the king of the Turks; another (a) of them calls her the daughter of King Rama; and another (b) the daughter of Pactor, king of Rabbah; but there were then no such people in being.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 25:2
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Commentary on Genesis 25:22 voices
And she bare him Zimran,.... That Keturah should bear children who probably, was a young woman, is not strange; but that Abraham, whose body forty years before this was dead should now have any bore to him, may seem difficult to account for, and only can be attributed to the fresh vigour his body was endued with at the generation of Isaac; and which still continued for the fulfilment of the promise to him of the multiplication of his seed.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Zimran - Stephanus Byzantinus mentions a city in Arabia Felix called Zadram, which some suppose to have been named from this son of Keturah; but it is more likely, as Calmet observes, that all these sons of Abraham resided in Arabia Deserta; and Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. vi., c. 28, mentions a people in that country called Zamarenians, who were probably the descendants of this person. Jokshan - Several learned men have been of opinion that this Jokshan was the same as Kachtan, the father of the Arabs.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 25:4
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
Commentary on Genesis 25:42 voices
And the sons of Midian,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Ephah, and Epher, etc. - Of these we know no more than of the preceding; an abundance of conjectures is already furnished by the commentators.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 37:25
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
Commentary on Genesis 37:252 voices
Joseph was rejected by his brothers and was received by the Ishmaelites; in the same manner our Lord and Savior was rejected by the Jews and received by the pagans. The Ishmaelites who received Joseph carried along with them all kinds of perfumes, and this …
Chromatius of Aquileia· SERMON 24.3, 406Patristic
Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.
Clement of Rome· Clement's First Letter to the Corinthians, Chapters 3-4, 99Patristic
- Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Commentary on Genesis 37:282 voices
Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Verse 28) And the Ishmaelites sold Joseph for twenty silver coins. In Hebrew, silver coins are used instead of gold coins. For the Lord should not be sold for a lesser metal than Joseph.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
Commentary on Genesis 37:361 voice
(Verse 36.) Now the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh and the chief of the royal executioners. In many places the Scriptures mention the chief of the executioners as the chief of the cooks, for μαγειρεύειν in Greek means to cook. Therefore, Joseph was sold to the chief of the army and the warriors, not to Potiphar, as it is written in Latin, but to Potiphar the eunuch. The question arises, how he is later said to have a wife.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
- Numbers 25:16–18
And the LORD said to Moses,
Commentary on Numbers 25:16–181 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... This was some time after the above affair happened; how long it was is not certain; and a little time before the death of Moses, see Num 31:1, saying; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 31:1
And the LORD said to Moses,
Commentary on Numbers 31:11 voice
But a deeper vengeance is taken on fiercer foes and on those that are false as well as on those who have done greater wrongs, as was the case with the Midianites. For they had made many of the Jewish people to sin through their women. For this reason the anger of the Lord was poured out upon the people of our fathers. Thus it came about that Moses when victorious allowed none of them to live.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Duties of the Clergy 1.29.139, 397Patristic
- Judges 6:1
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
Commentary on Judges 6:12 voices
The "land was at rest" as long as sin was at rest. But the land is said to be disturbed, meaning those who inhabit the land, when the souls of the people began to move and to dislocate in sin. This is why the text was written this way: "The land was at rest for forty years. And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. And Midian ruled over Israel."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON JUDGES 7.1, 253Patristic
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 7:1
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
Commentary on Judges 7:12 voices
Against the Midianites, also, who, as the book of Judges relates, had filled all places like locusts, Gideon was ordered to lead a few men into battle. It was not that he did not have many in his army, but that he was forbidden to …
Salvian the Presbyter· THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 7.8-9, 500Patristic
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 8:1
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
Commentary on Judges 8:11 voice
And the men of Ephraim said unto him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 8:24
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
Commentary on Judges 8:242 voices
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Give me every man the ear-rings of his prey - The spoils taken from their enemies in this warfare. This is a transaction very like to that of the Israelites and Aaron; when they brought him their golden ear-rings, out of which he made the molten calf, Exo 32:2, etc. Whether Gideon designed this ephod for an instrument of worship, or merely as a trophy, is not very clear. It is most likely that he had intended to establish a place of worship at Ophrah; and he took this occasion to provide the proper sacerdotal vestments.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 1 Chronicles 1:32
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:321 voice
Keturah, Abrahams concubine - Abrahams pilegesh, or wife of the second rank; she was neither whore, harlot, nor concubine, in our sense of these words.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 1 Chronicles 1:33
The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.
- Isaiah 60:6
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
Commentary on Isaiah 60:61 voice
(Verse 6, 7) The flood of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense, and proclaiming the praise of the Lord. All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall be offered on my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Habakkuk 3:7
I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.
Commentary on Habakkuk 3:71 voice
(Verse 7.) I have seen the tents of Ethiopia because of iniquity, the skins of the land of Midian will be troubled. LXX: I have seen the dwellings of the Ethiopians because of their labors; they will be afraid, and the dwellings of the land of Midian.
Jerome· Commentary on Habakkuk, 420Patristic