This is a list of nations mentioned in the Bible.

A Ammon Amorites Arabia Aram Armenia (in the King James Version), or the "Land of Ararat" (in other translations) Province of Asia (now Turkey and Greece) Assyria Avim

B Babylon (Iraq) Bashan Bulgaria

C Canaan Kingdom of Cappadocia CorinthiaActs 18:1 Crete Cyprus

D

Dalmatia (Croatia)

E Edom Egypt Ethiopia

G Gaul (modern France). Only found within the deuterocanonical First Book of Maccabees which is found in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles. Girgashites Gog (various times, mainly in the Prophets) Greece

H Hittites Hivites

I Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) Illyricum (territories near the Adriatic from modern day Slovenia to Albania) India Israel Italy (Italy generally and the cities of Syracuse and Rome specifically)

J Jebusites Kingdom of Judah Province of Judah

K Kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea)Esther 1:1 Kub/Chub (unknown location, possibly Libya)

L Lebanon Libya Lydia

M Macedonia Malta

Mesopotamia Moab (Jordan)

P Perizzites Persia (Iran) Kingdom of Pontus Philistia

S Samaria Arabia (Saudi Arabia) Sheba Sinim (Possibly modern China) Spain Syria (Also referred to as Aram)

See also List of biblical names List of Hebrew place names List of modern names for biblical place names

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