Midian (I)

I. MIDIAN, or Madian, the fourth Son of Abraham and of Keturah, Gen. xxv. 2. See MADAN. The Midianites mentioned in Numbers xxii. 4, 7. xxv. 15. and xxxi. 2, &c. whose Daughters seduced the Israelites to the Commission of criminal Practices, and to the worshipping of Baal-peor, were the Descendants of Midian the Son of Abraham. The Midianites, who were overcome by Hadad Son of Bedad, King of Edom, Gen. xxxvi. 35, and those who oppressed the Israelites in the Time of the Judges, and were defeated by Gideon, Judg. vi. 1, 2, &c. vii. 1, 2, &c. were also descended from Midian, Son of Abraham and Keturah, whose Habitation was to the East of the Dead-Sea, and to the South of the Countrey of Moab. Their capital City was called Midian, and its Remains were still to be seen in the Time of St Jerome and Eusebius. It was situated upon the Arnon, and to the South of the City Ar, or Areopolis.

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