Bible Dictionary: Gozan

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Gozan

fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Gozan

seems in the Authorized Version of (1 Chronicles 5:26) to be the name of a river, but in (2 Kings 17:6) and 2Kin 18:11 It is evidently applied not to a river but a country. Gozan was the tract to which the Israelites were carried away captive by Pul, Tiglathpileser and Shalmaneser, or possibly Sargon. It is probably identical with the Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, and I may be regarded as represented by the Mygdonia of other writers. It was the tract watered by the Habor, the modern Khabour , the great Mesopotamian affluent of the Euphrates.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Gozan

Now the Ozan, a river of Media and the adjacent district, Isaiah 37:12, to which Tiglath-pileser and afterwards Shalmanezer sent the captive Israelites, 2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26. The Kizzil-ozan, or Golden River, is in the northwest part of Persia, and flows northeast, with large curves, into the Caspian Sea.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12). It was situated in Mesopotamia, on the river Habor (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11), the Khabur, a tributary of the Euphrates. The "river of Gozan" (1 Chronicles 5:26) is probably the upper part of the river flowing through the province of Gozan, now Kizzel-Ozan.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GOZAN

go'-zan (gozan; Gozan, Codex Vaticanus, Gozar in 2 Kings 17:6, Chozar in 1 Chronicles 5:26): A place in Assyria to which Israelites were deported on the fall of Samaria (2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 1 Chronicles 5:26). It is also mentioned in a letter of Sennacherib to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12). The district is that named Guzana by the Assyrians, and Gauzanitis by Ptolemy, West of Nisibis, with which, in the Assyrian geographical list (WAI, II, 53, l. 43), it is mentioned as the name of a city (alu Guzana; alu Nasibina). It became an Assyrian province, and rebelled in 759 B.C., but was again reduced to subjection.

See HABOR; HALAH.

James Orr

Strong's Hebrew

1470. Gozan -- a city and area in Mesopotamia
... 1469, 1470. Gozan. 1471 . a city and area in Mesopotamia. Transliteration:
Gozan Phonetic Spelling: (go-zawn') Short Definition: Gozan. ...
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Library

A Kingdom's Epitaph
... year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria,
and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a kingdoms epitaph.htm

The Triumph of Faith
... to Isaiah's teaching, but is also the indignant recoil of faith from the assumption
of the letter, that Jehovah was but as the beaten deities of Gozan and the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the triumph of faith.htm

Deliverance from Assyria
... Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 30 deliverance from assyria.htm

Babylonia and Assyria
... mountains. Other trees came from Dilmun in the Persian Gulf, from Gozan
in Mesopotamia, and from Gubin, which is possibly Gebal. ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

The Ascension of Isaiah.
... iii.2, it is stated that Shalmaneser carried away nine of the tribes captive to
Media, "and the rivers of Tazon;" the Hebrew has "Gozan," but some MSS. ...
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Sennacherib (705-681 BC )
... Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan
and Haran and Rezepk, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? ...
/.../chapter isennacherib 705-681 b c.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7. <. ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7. <. ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

Thesaurus

Gozan (5 Occurrences)
... The "river of Gozan" (1 Chronicles 5:26) is probably the upper part of the river
flowing through the province of Gozan, now Kizzel-Ozan. Int. ...GOZAN. ...
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Halah (4 Occurrences)
... Mentioned in 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 1 Chronicles 5:26, as one of the places
to which the kings of Assyria sent the exiled Israelites (see GOZAN; HABOR). ...
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Habor (3 Occurrences)
... Abouras), Zosias, Aboras): 1. Its Position and Course: Is described in 2 Kings
17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 (compare 1 Chronicles 5:26) as "the river of Gozan." It is ...
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Telassar (2 Occurrences)
... 2. Suggestions as to the Geographical Position: As Telassar was inhabited by the
"children of Eden," and is mentioned with Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, in Western ...
/t/telassar.htm - 9k

Rezeph (2 Occurrences)
... surrender of Jerusalem. The names which precede are Gozan and Haran; and
"the children of Eden that were Telassar" follows. 2. Now ...
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Removeth (27 Occurrences)
... Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur,
and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, 'by' the river Gozan, and 'in ...
/r/removeth.htm - 14k

Exile (101 Occurrences)
... year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria,
and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the ...
/e/exile.htm - 43k

Children
... e'-d'-n (bene `edhen): In 2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12 "the children of Eden that
were in Telassar" are mentioned in connection with "Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph ...
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Thelassar (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered
them: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in ...
/t/thelassar.htm - 7k

Tel-assar (2 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have
destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in ...
/t/tel-assar.htm - 6k

Bible Concordance

Gozan (5 Occurrences)

2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 5:26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Gozan

Gozan: Israelites Taken in Captivity To, by the King of Assyria, After the Conquest of Samaria

Related Terms

Halah (4 Occurrences)

Habor (3 Occurrences)

Telassar (2 Occurrences)

Rezeph (2 Occurrences)

Removeth (27 Occurrences)

Exile (101 Occurrences)

Children

Thelassar (2 Occurrences)