Gozan was a region in Mesopotamia where Israelite captives from the northern kingdom were deported by the Assyrians (2Ki.17.6; 18:11; 19:12; 1Ch.5.26; Isaiah 37:12).
Gozan was a region located in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) to which Israelite captives from the northern kingdom were deported by the Assyrians. During the reign of King Hoshea of Israel, the Assyrian king Shalmaneser conquered Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, placing them in various cities, including Halah, Habor, and the cities of the Medes, by the river Gozan (2Ki.17.6; 18:11; 1Ch.5.26). The Assyrian practice of deporting conquered populations was a means of controlling and assimilating them into the Assyrian Empire. The exact location of Gozan is not specified in the Bible, but it is believed to be associated with the Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The name Gozan is also mentioned in the context of Sennacherib's boasting about the Assyrian conquests, where he claims that the gods of the nations, including those of Gozan, could not deliver their lands from his power (2Ki.19.12; Isaiah 37:12). The deportation of the Israelites to Gozan and other regions marked the end of the northern kingdom of Israel and the beginning of the Assyrian exile.
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A region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6; 1 Chr. 5:26; 2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 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 Chr. 5:26) is probably the upper part of the river flowing through the province of Gozan, now Kizzel-Ozan.
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.
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GO'ZAN, a district of Mesopotamia, 2 Kgs 17:6; 2 Kgs 18:11; 2 Kgs 19:12; 1 Chr 5:26; Isa 37:12; probably identical with Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, and Mygdonia of other writers. It was watered by the Habor, the modern Khabour, a large branch of the Euphrates in Mesopotamia.
GO'ZAN, a district of Mesopotamia, 2 Kgs 17:6; 2 Kgs 18:11; 2 Kgs 19:12; 1 Chr 5:26; Isa 37:12; probably identical with Gauzanitis of Ptolemy, and Mygdonia of other writers. It was watered by the Habor, the modern Khabour, a large branch of the Euphrates in Mesopotamia. GRACE denotes the love of God as displayed in his free favor toward men as sinners and destitute of all claim upon him. 1 Tim 1:2. Hence the N.T., which reveals the plan by which this grace is bestowed, is called "the gospel of the grace of God." Acts 20:24. The apostolic Epistles begin with the salutation, "Grace and peace be with you."
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5 verses in 3 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H1470
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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