The land referred to in the Bible as Arabia stretched to the far southeast of Israel. The Arabians “were near the Ethiopians” (2 Chronicles 21:16), who were across the Red Sea from them, and the Arabians’ territory included Sinai (Galatians 4:25). The Arabians were a nomadic people who dwelt in tents (Isaiah 13:20). They traded “lambs, and rams, and goats” (Ezekiel 27:21) with Tyre. “All the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon” (2 Chronicles 9:14), and during the reign of Jehoshaphat they “brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats” (2 Chronicles 17:11). The area comprehended by Biblical Arabia includes principally the modern country of Saudi Arabia. Prophecies such as Ezekiel 38:13 show that this area will be linked with the power of Tarshish. We can therefore expect the influence of the United Kingdom to be strong in this area.
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Author: The Testimony
Keywords: Arabia, Arabians, Arabs
Bible reference(s): Gen. 16:11-12, Gen. 21:18, Gen. 25:13-15, Gen. 25:18, 2 Chron. 21:16, 2 Chron. 9:14, Isa. 13:20, Isa. 21:13-14, Isa. 60:7, Ezek. 27:21, Eze 38:13, Gal. 4:25, Rev. 9:1-12
Source: “A-Z,” The Testimony, Vol. 74, No. 881, May 2004, pg. 156.
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