Gozan

Gozan (meaning fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body) was a region in northwestern Mesopotamia on the Habor River (a tributary of the Euphrates), to which the Assyrian kings deported the northern tribes of Israel following the fall of Samaria in 722 B.C. under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chr. 5:26). The area corresponds to the modern Khabur River basin in northeastern Syria. Gozan is also mentioned in Sennacherib's taunt to Hezekiah, listing it among the nations the Assyrians had defeated, whose gods had not saved them (2 Kings 19:12; Isa. 37:12). Archaeological discoveries from Tell Halaf in the Gozan region have illuminated the culture of that area.