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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?
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A List of Real Victories
Commentators confirm that the places Sennacherib lists—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph—were real locations with histories of Assyrian conquest. Scholars point to ancient inscriptions verifying these victories. This wasn't an empty boast; it was a factual list of defeated nations whose gods had failed to save them, making the threat to Judah feel incredibly real and potent.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Haran - Harran, the Carrhae of the Greeks and Romans (Genesis 11:31), was among the earliest conquests of the Assyrians. It was …
19th Century
Anglican
My fathers. — Sargon his father founded the dynasty, but he speaks of his predecessors generally as his “fathers.”
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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