The meaning of Gozan in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
go'-zan (gozan; Gozan, Codex Vaticanus, Gozar in II Kings 17:6, Chozar in I Chronicles 5:26): A place in Assyria to which Israelites were deported on the fall of Samaria (II Kings 17:6; II Kings 18:11; I Chronicles 5:26). It is also mentioned in a letter of Sennacherib to Hezekiah (II Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12). The district is that named Guzana by the Assyrians, and Gauzanitis by Ptolemy, West of Nisibis, with which, in the Assyrian geographical list (WAI, II, 53, l. 43), it is mentioned as the name of a city (alu Guzana; alu Nasibina). It became an Assyrian province, and rebelled in 759 BC, but was again reduced to subjection.
See HABOR; HALAH.
James Orr
See more on the meaning of Gozan in the Bible:
Gozan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gozan {Hitchcock's Bible Name}
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