See also:

• MIDIAN (properly Madyan, so Sept.)

MIDIAN (properly Madyan, so See also:

• SEPT

Sept.)  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, one of the peoples of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia whom the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews recognized as distant kinsmen, representing them as sons of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham's wife Keturah (" See also:

• INCENSE

incense ") . Thus the sons of Keturah are the " incense-men," not indeed inhabitants of the far See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south incense-See also:

• LAND

land, but presumably the tribes whose caravans brought the incense to See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine and the Mediterranean ports . So the Midianites appear in connexion with the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and incense See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade from See also:

• YEMEN (Yaman)

Yemen (Isa. lx . 6), and with the trade between See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria (Gen. See also:

• XXXVII

xxxvii . 28, 36) . They appear also as warriors invading See also:

• CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan from the eastern See also:

• DESERT

desert, and ravaging the land as similar tribes have done in all ages when Palestine lacked a strong See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government (see See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

GIDEON) . Again, they are described as peaceful shepherds, and the pastures of the Midianites, or of the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of See also:

• MIDIAN (properly Madyan, so Sept.)

Midian to which See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses's See also:

• FATHER

father-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law (See also:

• JETHRO (or JETHER, Exod. iv. 18)

Jethro or Reuel, or Hobab) belonged, See also:

• LAY

lay near See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• HOREB

Horeb (Exod. iii . 1) . The See also:

• KENITES

Kenites who had friendly relations with See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel, and are • represented in Judg. i . 16, iv. x x, as the See also:

• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin of Moses's father-in-law, appear to have been but one fraction of Midian which took a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate course from their See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early relations to Israel) . See also:

• BALAAM (eit Bil'am; BaAaau; Vg. Balaam; the etymology of the name is uncertain)

Balaam, according to one version of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, was a Midianite (Num. xxii. seq.) and his association with See also:

• MOAB

Moab has been connected with the statement in Gen. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 35, that the Edomite See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king See also:

• HADAD

Hadad defeated Midian in the land of Moab; (see BALAAM, See also:

• EDOM

EDOM) .

1 The admixture of Midianite elements in See also:

• JUDAH

Judah and the other border tribes of Israel is confirmed by a comparison of the names of the Midianite clans in Gen. See also:

• XXV

xxv . 4 with the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew genealogies (i Chron. ii . 46, Ephah; iv . 17, Epher; Gen. xlvi . 9, Hanoch) . Epher is also associated with 'Ofr near Hanakiya (Hanoch), three days north from See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina, also with Apparu a Bedouin locality mentioned by See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur-bani-See also:

• PAL, KRISTO DAS (1839–1884)

pal . Ephah is probably the Ilayapa transported by See also:

• SARGON

Sargon to Beth-See also:

• OMRI

Omri (See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria) . A See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place Midian is mentioned in 1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xi . 18, apparently between Edom and Paran, and in later times the name lingered in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the Gulf of `See also:

• AKABA, GULF OF

Akaba, where See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius knows a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city Madiam in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens and See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy (vi . 7) places Modiana . Still later Madyan was a station on the See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim route from Egypt to See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca, the second beyond Aila (Elath) . Here in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages was shown the well from which Moses watered the flocks of Sho'aib (Jethro), and the place is still known as " the caves of Sho'aib." It has considerable ruins, which have been described by See also:

• SIR

Sir R .

See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton (Land of Midian, 1879) . This district which has on its east Taima, a centre of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C., and on its south-east El-`Ola whose existence as a seat of culture is possibly even older, is identified by some scholars with the Mu$ran of the Minaean (south Arabian) See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, on which see See also:

• SABAEANS

SABAEANS, YEMEN . That this See also:

• PART

part of north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Arabia had frequent intercourse with Palestine appears certain from its commercial relations with See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza; and the association of the Midianite Jethro with early Hebrew legislation, as also the possibility that See also:

• MIZRAIM

Mizraim (" Egypt ") in the Old Testament should be taken in some cases to refer to this district, have an important bearing upon several Old Testament questions . See MIZRAIM .