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241: 27: 240: 223:) was founded by King Mosokh son of Japheth (i.e. Meshech), and was named for him and his wife, Kva. In this legend, they are also said to have had a son, Ya, and daughter, Vuza, who gave their names to the nearby 318: 389:
Trudy Ring, Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda - 1994 - Page 288 1884964028 "The Hebrew Bible also mentions both Tubal (Tabal) and Meshech (Muski)"
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The World as known to the Hebrews. This 1854 map locates Meshech together with Gog and Magog, roughly in the southern Caucasus.
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Beginning from the 16th century, some European scholars proposed the idea that the Muscovites had stemmed from Meshech.
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Most reference books since Flavius Josephus generally identify Meshech in Ezekiel's time as an area in modern Turkey.
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For the Hebrew captive of Babylon originally named Mishael, see
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have traditions that they, and other Caucasus people such as
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International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
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Historical Textbook and Atlas of Biblical Geography
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Index

Meshach

Hebrew
Japheth
Genesis
1 Chronicles
Shem
Tubal
Rosh
Gog
Magog
Ezekiel
Japhetite
Flavius Josephus
Cappadocian
Mushki
Phrygians
Bryges
Mazaca
Hippolytus of Rome
Illyrians
Georgians
Armenians
Meskheti
Tubal
Togarmah
Annio da Viterbo
Samothes
Gaul
Nimrod

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