Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Midian Today?

Midian is identified with Al Bad. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs24

High confidence

Modern identification

Al Bad - modern identification under review

Coordinates28.4947, 35.0122
Kindregion
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Gen 36:35Ex 2:15Ex 2:16Ex 3:1Ex 4:19Ex 18:1Num 22:4Num 22:7Num 25:15Num 25:18Num 31:3Num 31:7Num 31:8Num 31:9Josh 13:21Judg 6:1Judg 6:2Judg 6:3Judg 6:6Judg 6:7Judg 6:13Judg 6:14Judg 6:16Judg 6:33

Why this place is in the atlas

Midian is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 24 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: acc6d8e, urlSlug: midian, friendlyId: Midian OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 28.4947, longitude: 35.0122, precision: region OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Gen 36:35, Ex 2:15, Ex 2:16, Ex 3:1 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High