A peninsula located east and south-east of Israel, consisting primarily of steppe and desert and inhabited by nomadic tribes.
About Arabia
Arabia is a large peninsula (a piece of land almost surrounded by water) in southwestern Asia. Water surrounds it on three sides: the Red Sea on the west, the Indian Ocean on the south, and the Persian Gulf on the east. On the north, it is bordered by a fertile region of river valleys and farmland called the Fertile Crescent. Today, the countries of Jordan and Iraq form Arabia's northern border. Arabia is very large—about 1.6 million square kilometers (or just over 1 million square miles).
Around AD 150, a geographer named Ptolemy created a way to describe different parts of Arabia. He divided the land into three regions. Other ancient geographers, like Strabo, used these same divisions:
Key References
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
All Scripture References (20)
2 Samuel (1)
Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
1 Kings (1)
not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
2 Chronicles (5)
not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
Nehemiah (4)
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
Isaiah (2)
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.
Jeremiah (2)
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
Ezekiel (2)
Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
Acts (1)
both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Galatians (2)
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.