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MIDIANITES ;
Descendants of Midian, son of Abraham by Keturah - Ge 25:1,2,4; 1Ch 1:32,33
Called ISHMAELITES - Ge 37:25,28; Jud 8:24
Were merchantmen - Ge 37:28
Buy Joseph and sell him to Potiphar - Ge 37:28,36
Defeated by the Israelites under Phineas
Five of their kings killed
The women taken captive
Cities burned;
And rich spoil taken - Nu 31
Defeated by Gideon - Jud 6; 7; 8
Owned multitudes of camels, and dromedaries, and large quantities of gold - Isa 60:6
A snare to the Israelites - Nu 25:16-18
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