Midian

Genesis

The OG Patriarch's Final Chapter and the Worst Trade Deal Ever

Midian appears here as both a son of Abraham through Keturah and the ancestor of the Midianite people — the same desert region where Moses would later flee and encounter God at the burning bush.

Exodus

The Bush That Wouldn't Burn

Midian is the wilderness region where Moses has spent forty years in obscurity as a shepherd, the setting that frames just how unlikely a candidate he is for the mission God is about to assign.

Exodus

When Your Father-in-Law Fixes Your Whole Leadership Style

Midian is Jethro's homeland — the desert region where Moses spent 40 years before his calling, making Jethro not just a father-in-law but someone deeply connected to Moses' pre-Exodus life and formation.

Numbers

When Israel Got Caught Lacking

Midian is identified here as the homeland of the woman whose death stopped the plague — the region that weaponized relational compromise to accomplish what Balaam's curses could not.

Joshua

Still Got Land on the Map

Midian's leaders appear here as military allies of Sihon who were killed alongside him, their defeat documented as part of the legal basis for Reuben's territorial inheritance.

1 Kings

When the Wisest King Ever Fumbled the Bag

Midian is a waystation on Hadad's escape route from Edom to Egypt — one of the territories his refugee party passed through while fleeing the devastation of Joab's campaign.

Psalms

God, Don't Leave Us on Read

Midian is referenced here as the site of Gideon's miraculous victory — Asaph invokes this place and its defeat as a historical template for how God can destroy overwhelming odds.

Isaiah

When God Uses Your Opp to Humble You

Midian is recalled as another benchmark of God's past military interventions — specifically Gideon's victory at the rock of Oreb — reminding Israel that God has already proven He can dismantle overwhelming enemies.

Isaiah

The Ultimate Glow Up

Midian is the first region named in the great caravan procession — its camels leading the way toward Jerusalem signals that even historically adversarial desert territories will join the tribute to God.