Gozan
“Possibly quarry or ford”
Summary
A region in Mesopotamia to which the Israelites were deported after the fall of Samaria, located on the river Habor.
☩Place of Exile
When Samaria fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC, the inhabitants were carried away to various parts of the Assyrian empire, including Gozan on the river Habor. This was part of the mass deportation that ended the northern kingdom of Israel. Earlier, some from the eastern tribes had already been taken there by Tiglath-pileser.
☩Location and Identification
Gozan was the district known to Ptolemy as Gauzanitis, watered by the upper Khabur (Biblical Habor) in Mesopotamia. In Assyrian records it appears as Guzana, a city and province west of Nisibis that became part of the Assyrian empire. The region lay along the southern slopes of the mountains, in what is now northeastern Syria near the Turkish border.
Related Verses5 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Gozan," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Gozan," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Gozan," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 4.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Gozan," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).