List of nations mentioned in the Bible

A list of nations mentioned in the Bible.

A

Arabia[1]
Armenia[2] (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat"[3] (in other translations)
Province of Asia[4] (modern Turkey)
Assyria[5]

B

Babylon[6] (modern Iraq)
Bashan[7]

C

E

Edom (various times)[12]
Egypt (numerous times, notably in the Book of Exodus and Jesus childhood)
Ethiopia[13][14]

G

Gaul[15] (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles.
Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets)
Greece[16] (numerous times, many of Letters of Paul are to cities found in modern Greece)

I

J

Jordan[19] (Referring to the Jordan river)
Kingdom of Judah[20]
Province of Judah[21]

K

Kingdom of Kush[22]

L

Lebanon (numerous times, mainly referring to the cedar of Lebanon)[23]
Libya[24][8]
Lydia[25]

M

Macedonia[26]
Malta (Paul shipwrecked on the coast of Malta.)[27]
Median Empire[28]
Mesopotamia[8]

P

Persia[29]
Kingdom of Pontus[8]

R

Ancient Rome[8]

S

Samaria[30] (Kingdom of Israel (Samaria))[31]
Sheba[32] (in connection to the Queen of Sheba)
Spain[33]
Syria[34] (Also refereed to as Aram[35])

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References

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[1] 1 Kings 10:15 2 Chronicles 9:14 Jeremiah 25:24 Ezekiel 27:21 Galatians 4:25

[2] 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38

[3] 2 Kings 19:37 Isaiah 37:38

[4] 2 Corinthians 1:8

[5] Isaiah 19:23

[6] 2 Kings 24:1

[7] Numbers 32:33

[Acts2-9-11-8] Acts 2:9-11

[9] Titus 1:5

[10] 2 Timothy 4:10

[11] Acts 15:39

[12] Numbers 33:37

[13] Esther 1:1

[14] Acts 8:27

[15] 1 Maccabees 8:2

[16] Zechariah 9:13 Acts 20:2

[17] Esther 1:1

[18] Hebrews 13:24

[19] 2 Chronicles 4:17

[20] 2 Kings 21:12

[21] Ezra 5:8

[22] Isaiah 11:11

[23] Isaiah 60:13

[24] Ezekiel 30:5

[25] 1 Maccabees 8:8

[26] Acts 16:9-10

[27] Acts 28:1–10

[28] Esther 1:18

[29] Ezekiel 38:5

[30] 1 Kings 13:32

[31] 1 Kings 22:51

[32] 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1

[33] Romans 15:24

[34] Isaiah 7:8

[35] 1 Kings 11:25