List of nations mentioned in the Bible
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A list of nations mentioned in the Bible.
A
[edit]- Ammonites (Genesis 19)
- Amorites[1]
- Arabia[2]
- Armenia[3] (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat"[4] (in other translations)
- Province of Asia[5]
- Assyria[6]
- Avim
B
[edit]C
[edit]D
[edit]E
[edit]G
[edit]- Gaul[18] (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles.
- Girgashites[1]
- Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets)[19]
- Greece[20]
H
[edit]I
[edit]- Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)[21][22][23]
- Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania)[24]
- India[25]
- Israel[26]
- Italy (Italy generally[27] and the cities of Syracuse[28] and Rome specifically[29])
J
[edit]K
[edit]- Kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia, Sudan, south Sudan and Eritrea)[32][33]
- Kub/Chub (Unknown location, possibly Libya)[34]
L
[edit]M
[edit]P
[edit]S
[edit]- Samaria[40][41]
- Sheba[42][43]
- Sinim (Possibly modern China)[44]
- Syria[45] (Also referred to as Aram[46])
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Deuteronomy 7:1
- ^ 1 Kings 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14 Jeremiah 25:24 Ezekiel 27:21 Galatians 4:25
- ^ 2 Kings 19:37Isaiah 37:38
- ^ 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38
- ^ 2 Corinthians 1:8
- ^ Isaiah 19:23
- ^ 2 Kings 24:1
- ^ Numbers 32:33
- ^ Genesis 12:5
- ^ Acts 2:9–11
- ^ Acts 18:1
- ^ Titus 1:5
- ^ Acts 15:39
- ^ 2 Timothy 4:10
- ^ Numbers 33:37
- ^ Genesis 12:10
- ^ Acts 8:27
- ^ 1 Maccabees 8:2
- ^ Zechariah 9:13 Acts 20:2
- ^ Daniel 8:21 and the goat is the king of Greece. And the great horn between his eyes is the first king. | English Standard Version 2016 (ESV) | Download the Bible App Now.
- ^ Obadiah 1:20
- ^ Romans 15:24
- ^ Romans 15:28
- ^ Romans 15:19
- ^ Esther 1:1
- ^ Matthew 2:20
- ^ Hebrews 13:24
- ^ Acts 28:11–13
- ^ a b c d Acts 2:9–11
- ^ 2 Kings 21:12
- ^ Ezra 5:8
- ^ Isaiah 11:11
- ^ Esther 1:1
- ^ Ezekiel 30:5
- ^ a b Ezekiel 30:5
- ^ 1 Maccabees 8:8
- ^ Acts 16:9–10
- ^ "Acts 28 BSB". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ^ Ezekiel 38:5
- ^ 1 Kings 13:32
- ^ 1 Kings 22:51
- ^ 1 Kings 10:1
- ^ 2 Chronicles 9:1
- ^ Isaiah 49:12
- ^ Isaiah 7:8
- ^ 1 Kings 11:25