Telassar
Telassar is a settlement mentioned in 2 verses. Its most likely location is Til Barsip. The name means “taking away; heaping up.”
Where is Telassar?
Approx. 36.7014, 38.0865 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Til Barsip | settlement | Low |
| Til Assuri | settlement | Low |
| Tal Afar | settlement | Low |
| Tell Bashir | settlement | Low |
Telassar in the Bible dictionary
Or Thelasar, (Isa. 37:12; 2 Kings 19:12), a province in the south-east of Assyria, probably in Babylonia. Some have identified it with Tel Afer, a place in Mesopotamia, some 30 miles from Sinjar.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →
Verses that mention Telassar
- 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?