Midian

How to use Midian in a sentence

• They had begun a hymn; she could hear the ninth baronet across the aisle, singing of the hosts of Midian.

  The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy

• Yer barley-cake hath come frae heaven, and the forces o' Midian are delivered owre to ye.

  Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX | Alexander Leighton

• Rule thou over us, &c. for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

  A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry | Ministers and Elders of the London Provinciall Assembly

• Purple habits are mentioned among the presents made to Gideon by the Israelites from the spoils of the kings of Midian.

  A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure

• He has just returned from a journey through the ancient land of Midian, undertaken at the special request of the Viceroy.

  A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' | Annie Allnut Brassey