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Isaiah 37:12

Isaiah 37:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the gods: ,

Gozan: , ,

Haran: Haran, the Carrhe of the Greeks and Romans, is situated in the north-west part of Mesopotamia, between the Euphrates and the river Chebar; about 110 miles west of Nisibis, 90 east of Bir, 100 south of Diarbekir, and 170 north of Palmyra. , , , ;

Eden: It is probable that this Eden is the country near Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called Madon, according to Asseman. ; , ;

Telassar: Telassar is probably the same as Ellasar, , as the Jerusalem Targum reads; for both of which the Syriac has Dolassar; and perhaps, as Doederlein supposes, the same as Sharra, a city of Mesopotamia, half a mile from the Euphrates. , Thelasar

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