List of nations mentioned in the Bible

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This is a list of nations mentioned in the Bible.

A

Ammon^[1]
Amorites^[2]
Arabia^[3]
Aram^[4]
Armenia^[5] (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat"^[6] (in other translations)
Province of Asia (now Turkey and Greece)^[7]
Assyria^[8]
Avim^[9]

B

C

D

Dalmatia (Croatia)^[18]

E

G

Gaul^[22] (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles.
Girgashites^[2]
Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets)^[23]
Greece^[24]

H

Hittites^[2]
Hivites^[2]

I

Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal)^[25]^[26]^[27]
Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania)^[28]
India^[29]
Israel^[30]
Italy (Italy generally^[31] and the cities of Syracuse^[32] and Rome specifically^[33])

J

K

Kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea)^[36]^[37]
Kub/Chub (unknown location, possibly Libya)^[38]

L

M

P

S

Samaria^[47]^[48]
Arabia (Saudi Arabia)^[49]
Sheba^[50]^[51]
Sinim (Possibly modern China)^[52]
Spain^[53]
Syria^[54] (Also referred to as Aram^[55])

See also

References

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