'Nations' in the Bible

So David became famous in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him.

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, 'The Lord reigns!'

Say this prayer: "Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds."

And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

David said, "My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction." So David made extensive preparations before he died.