Nations Mentioned in the Old Testament

Isaiah 49:6 - And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.  

List of Gentile Nations Named in the Old Testament. This chart contains a long list of the gentile "heathen" nations that are mentioned in Old Testament times. Click on the Bible verse to read the background information.

List of Gentile Nations in the Old Testament
Gentile Nations	Bible Verses
Arabia	Isaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; 1 Kings 10
Aram	Genesis 10; Numbers 23
Ararat	Jeremiah 51
Armenia	Isaiah 37
Arvad	Ezekiel 27
Asshur	Ezekiel 27, 32; Hosea 14
Assyria	Isaiah 7
Buz	Jeremiah 25
Chaldea	Jeremiah 50, 51; Ezekiel 16, 23
Chittim	Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27; Daniel 11
Cush	Isaiah 11
Dumah	Isaiah 21; Genesis 25
Dedan	Isaiah 21; Ezekiel 27, 38
Edom	Isaiah 11, 34; Jeremiah 25, 49
Egypt	2 Kings 17:4; Psalm 46:7;  Psalm 81, Etc.
Elam	Isaiah 11, 21, 22; Jeremiah 25, 49
Ethiopia	Isaiah 18, 20, 43, 45; Ezekiel 30; Nahum 3
Grecia	Daniel 8, 10, 11; Joel  3
Isles of the Gentiles	Zephaniah 2
Isles of Elisha	Ezekiel 27
Kedar	Isaiah 21, 42, 60; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27;  Songs 1
Libya	Ezekiel 30, 38
Lud	Isaiah 66;  Ezekiel 27
Lydia	Ezekiel 30
Madai	Genesis 10
Magog	Ezekiel 38, 39
Medes	Isaiah 13; Jeremiah 25, 51; Daniel 5, 6, 9, 11
Media	Isaiah 21; Daniel 8; 2 Kings 17
Mesech	Ezekiel 27, 32, 38, 39
Mesopotamia	Genesis 24
Minni	Jeremiah 51
Mizraim	Genesis 10
Nebaioth	Genesis 25; Isaiah 60; 1 Chronicles 1
Ophir	Isaiah 13
Padan Aram	Genesis 25
Palestine	Joel  3
Pathros	Isaiah 11; Jeremiah 44; Ezekiel 29, 30
Persia	Ezekiel 27, 38; Daniel 8, 10, 11
Phut	Ezekiel 27; Nahum 3
Raamah	Ezekiel 27
Seba	Psalm 72
Seir	Isaiah 21
Sheba	Isaiah 60; Jeremiah 6; Ezekiel 27, 38
Shinar	Isaiah 11; Daniel 1; Zechariah 5
Sihor	Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Joshua 13
Susa	Esther 1, 2
Tema	Isaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; Hosea 12; Amos 1
Tarshish	Isaiah 2, 23, 60, 66; Jeremiah 10; Ezekiel 27; Jonah 1
Togarmah	Ezekiel 27, 38; Genesis 10; 1 Chronicles 1
Uz	Jeremiah 25; Lamentations 4
The River Chebar	Ezekiel 1
The River Euphrates	Jeremiah 13, 46, 51
The Great Sea	Numbers 34; Joshua 1, 9; Ezekiel 47
The River Hiddekel	Genesis 2
Helbon	Ezekiel 27
Nineveh	Jonah 1
Noph	Isaiah 19; Jeremiah 2, 44, 46; Ezekiel 30
Zoan	Isaiah 19, 30; Ezekiel 30

Isaiah 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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