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Ezekiel 38:2

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set: Ezekiel 6:2, Ezekiel 20:46, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 35:2-3

Gog: Rather, "Gog (the prince) of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal." By Magog is most probably meant the Scythians or Tartars, called so by Arabian and Syrian writers, and especially the Turks, who were originally natives of Tartary; and by Rosh, the Russians, descendants of the ancient inhabitants on the river Araxes or Rosh. Revelation 20:8-9

Magog: Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5

the chief prince of: or, prince of the chief of

Meshech: Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 32:26; Isaiah 66:19

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