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Telassar; Thelasar

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Assyrian hill). Place in western Mesopotamia, near Haran and Orfa (2 Kings 19:12¹²Have 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? (2 Kings 19:12); Isa. 37:12¹²Have 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? (Isaiah 37:12)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

City wherein dwelt “the children of Eden,” who had been conquered by the Assyrians. By the names mentioned with it, Thelasar was probably in Mesopotamia, but is not identified (2 Kings 19:12¹²Have 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? (2 Kings 19:12); Isa. 37:12¹²Have 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? (Isaiah 37:12)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

weariness of the prince: hang thou the prince