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])

References

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