Charles Ellicott Commentary 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?" — 2 Kings 19:12 (ASV)

My fathers. — Sargon his father founded the dynasty, but he speaks of his predecessors generally as his “fathers.”

Gozan. — 2 Kings 17:6.

Haran. — Also a West Aramean town, mentioned by Tiglath Pileser I (circa 1120 B.C.). Shalmaneser II speaks of its conquest. It had a famous sanctuary of the moon god Sin .

Rezeph. — The Assyrian R açappa, a town of Mesopotamia, often mentioned in the inscriptions.

The children of Eden. — Schrader identifies this community with Bît-Adini (“the house of Eden”), often mentioned by Assurnâçirpal and Shalmaneser II. The latter records his defeat of Ahuni, “son of Eden,” a phrase which exactly corresponds to “the children (sons) of Eden” here. It lay on both banks of the middle Euphrates, between the present Bâlis and Birejik.

Thelasar. — Hebrew, Tĕlassar, the Assyrian Tul-Assuri (“Mound of Assur”). More than one place bore the name.