Ezekiel - 38:6



6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with you.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 38:6.

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Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Gomer, and all his bands, the house of Thogorma, the northern parts and all his strength, and many peoples with thee.
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah from the uttermost north, and all his bands; many peoples with thee.
Gomer and all its bands, The house of Togarmah of the sides of the north, And all its bands, many peoples with thee,
Gomer and all her forces; the people of Togarmah in the inmost parts of the north, with all his forces: a great number of peoples with you.
Gomer, and all his companies, the house of Togarmah, the northern parts, and all his strength, and the many peoples with you.

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Historical Commentaries

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Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah - The Cimmerians and Turcomanians, and other northern nations. - Calmet.

(d) Gomer, and all his troops; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his troops: [and] many people with thee.
(d) Gomer was Japheth's son, and Togarmah the son of Gomer, and are thought to be they that inhabited Asia Minor.

Gomer, and all his bands,.... Or all his army, as the Targum. Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2, from whom descended the people called by the Greeks Galatians, or Galio-Grecians, as Josephus (i) says, who before were from him called Gomarians: others think that Phrygia, and the inhabitants of it, are meant; but, whether one or the other, they were both people of the lesser Asia, which is now in the hands of the Turks:
the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands; Togarmah was one of the sons of Gomer, Genesis 10:3 whose posterity, according to the Greeks, as Josephus (k) says, were the Phrygians; but others rather think the Cappadocians descended from him; and that Togarmah designs their country, which also is a part of the Turkish dominions; See Gill on Ezekiel 27:14. Several moderns, as Calmet (l) observes, believe that the children of Togarmah peopled Turcomania in Tartary, and Scythia, and which he approves of; and the Turks are mentioned by Ben Gorion (m) as one of the ten families of Togarmah. The Targum renders it here the province of Germany; as it is also interpreted in the Talmud (n), but wrongly:
and many people with thee; from other places and nations, besides those named; especially out of the lesser Asia, as Pamphylia, Cilicia, and other places; and perhaps from Tartary, and elsewhere,
(i) Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 1. (k) lbid. (l) Dictionary in the word "Togarmah". (m) Hebrews. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. p. 3. (n) T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 10. 1.

Gomer--the Celtic Cimmerians of Crim-Tartary.
Togarmah--the Armenians of the Caucasus, south of Iberia.

Gomer - Inhabitants of Galatia. Togarmah - Paphlagonia, and Cappadocia. The north quarters - The more northern people, the numerous Tartars.

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