Lexical Definition

‎גּוֹזָן‎ Gôwzân (go-zawn') Gozan ^N:N--L
probably from ‎גּוּז‎; a quarry (as a place of cutting stones)

Gozan.

• § Gozan = "a cutting off"
• Gozan, a province of Assyria

1) the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גּוֺזָן‎ proper name, of a location (Assyrian Guzana COT 2Kgs 17:6 Dl^{Pa 184}) city and district of Mesopotamia, on or near the middle course of the Euphrates, through which the river Chabur (‎חָבוֺר‎) flowed; thither some of the exiled Israelites were brought [by Sargon B.C. 722-21]: ‎גּוֺזָן‎ 2Kgs 19:12 = Isa 37:12 ‎חָבוֺר נְהַר גּוֺזָן‎ 2Kgs 17:6; 2Kgs 18:11 ‎וְחָבוֺר וְהָרָא‎ ‎וּנְ הַר גּוֺזָן‎ 1Chr 5:26 where Chabur is separated entirely from the river of Gozan (see ‎חבור‎). ‎גוח‎ see ‎גיח‎. ‎גּוֺי‎ see below ‎גוה‎. ‎גְּוִיָּה‎ see below ‎גוה‎.

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Gozan • A region in Mesopotamia where Israelite captives were deported.

Gozan was a region in Mesopotamia where Israelite captives from the northern kingdom were deported by the Assyrians (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 19:12; 1 Chronicles 5:26; Isaiah 37:12).

• A location first mentioned at 2Ki.17.6;
• only referred to as Gozan גּוֹזָן.
  

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 (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chronicles 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 (2 Kings 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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