Telassar

Town

Location disputed Til Barsip: about 610 km (380 miles) northeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Til Barsip Possible
• Til Assuri Possible
• Tal Afar Less likely

Telassar in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

• 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
• Isaiah 37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

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