nations] Other countries. fathers] Predecessours, as his father Salmaneser (chap. 17. 3, 6.) his grand-father Tiglath-Pileser (chap. 15. 29.) his great grandfather Pul (chap. 15. 19.) Gozan] See chap. 17. 6. Haran] See Genesis 11:31. Eden] Some take this for the proper name of a man. Others, for that countrey wherein the garden of God was (see on Genesis 2:8.) situate in Caldea, Ezekiel 27:23. Thus, children of Eden, are put for the inhabitants thereof, as Ezra 2:21; Ezra 2:28. Thelasar] A fortresse.