Thematic Bible: A prince of midian


Thematic Bible



Then the men of Ephraim took the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan. Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger toward him subsided when he made this statement. Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands


Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile Rulers

for they harass you with their tricks, the tricks with which they have deceived you in the matter [of the Baal] of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague because [of the Baal] of Peor.” Verse ConceptsSeducersharassment

even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down along with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur [the father of Cozbi] and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; also Balaam the son of Beor they killed with the sword. Verse ConceptsFive PeopleKilling KingsKilling ProphetsNamed Gentile Rulers

The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was the tribal head of a father’s household in Midian.