Kingdoms: Now to Then
• Iraq
Shinar, Babylon, Chaldea, Assyria
“And the beginning of his reign was Baḇel, and Ereḵ, and Akkaḏ, and Kalnĕh, in the land of Shin‛ar.”
Berĕshith (Genesis) 10:10 TS2009
“And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Baḇel (Babylon) the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, and a haunt for every unclean and hated bird,”
Ḥazon (Revelation) 18:2 TS2009
“So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live.”
Acts of the Apostles 7:4
“In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.”
Isaiah 36:1
• Syria
Aram
“And Yitsḥaq was forty years old when he took Riḇqah as wife, the daughter of Bethu’ĕl the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laḇan the Aramean.”
Berĕshith (Genesis) 25:20 TS2009
• Israel
Canaan, Israel, Judah
“He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,”
Genesis 12:5
• Jordan
Moab, Ammon, Edom
“And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified.”
Numbers 22:3 NLT
• Egypt
Mizraim
“The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.”
Genesis 10:6
• Lebanon
Tyre, Sidon, Phoenicia
“We sighted the island of Cyprus, passed it on our left, and landed at the harbor of Tyre, in Syria, where the ship was to unload its cargo.”
Acts of the Apostles 21:3
• Turkey
Cappadocia, Colossae, Galatia, Asia (Paul’s letters), and yeah, ancient Hittites
“Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –”
Qolasim (Colossians) 2:16 TS2009
• Iran
Persia, Elam
“And in the first year of Koresh sovereign of Persia, that the word of יהוה by the mouth of Yirmeyah might be accomplished, יהוה stirred up the spirit of Koresh sovereign of Persia, to proclaim throughout all his reign, and also in writing, saying, “Thus said Koresh sovereign of Persia, ‘יהוה Elohim of the heavens has given me all the reigns of the earth. And He has commanded me to build Him a house in Yerushalayim which is in Yehuḏah.”
Ezra 1:1-2 TS2009
• Libya
Put
““Persia, Kush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet,”
Yehezqĕl (Ezekiel) 38:5 TS2009
• Ethiopia
Cush (Kushite)
“Now Miryam and Aharon spoke against Mosheh because of the Kushite woman whom he had taken, for he had taken a Kushite woman.”
Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 12:1 TS2009
• Saudi Arabia
Ishmael’s zone, Midyan, Dedan
“And the priest of Miḏyan had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock,”
Shemoth (Exodus) 2:16 TS2009
• Greece
Javan, Achaia
“But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.”
Acts of the Apostles 18:12
• Italy
Rome
“And when we came to Rome, the captain delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Sha’ul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.”
Ma`asei (Acts) 28:16 TS2009
• Cyprus
Kittim
“And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Ěḇer, and so shall Amalĕq, and he also perishes.””
Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 24:24 TS2009
• Armenia
Ararat (Noah’s ark spot)
“And in the seventh new moon, the seventeenth day of the new moon, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat.”
Berĕshith (Genesis) 8:4 TS2009
• Souther Arabia
Ophir? Debatable, but Solomon’s gold trade
“And also, the ships of Ḥiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought almug wood, a great many, and precious stones from Ophir.”
Melaḵim Aleph (1 Kings) 10:11 TS2009
• Spain?
Most scholars vote for Tartessos, right by modern southern Spain
Tarshish
