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36-677: Magog may refer to: In religion [ edit ] Magog (Bible) , a grandson of Noah in the Old Testament Gog and Magog , a Biblical and Quranic pair Fictional people [ edit ] Magog, of Gog and Magog (statues) in Guildhall, London Magog ("Magos"), appearing with Gog ("Gos"), in Gargantua Places in Canada [ edit ] Magog, Quebec ,

72-633: A city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return, until [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and thou shall see them, from every higher ground, descending." In the Khutoot, Magog appears as Chloe's son. Chloe was married with Ezock. In Islam Chloe is known as Kluwi and Ezock is known as Izdik. Ezekiel Ezekiel , also spelled Ezechiel ( / ɪ ˈ z iː k i əl / ; Hebrew : יְחֶזְקֵאל , romanized :  Yəḥezqēʾl [jə.ħɛzˈqeːl] ; Koinē Greek : Ἰεζεκιήλ , romanized:  Iezekiḗl [i.ɛ.zɛ.kiˈel] ),

108-471: A distant land in a pass between two mountains where he finds people who are suffering from the mischief of Gog and Magog. Dhul-Qarnayn then makes a wall of copper and iron to keep Gog and Magog out, but warns that it will be removed in the Last Age. In sura 21, Al-Anbiyā (The Prophets), the wall is mentioned again: there Allah tells His Prophet ( Muhammad ) that there is a "prohibition upon [the people of]

144-541: A disused synagogue remains in place at the location. In 2020, work was reportedly underway to transform the synagogue into a mosque . A tomb in the Ergani District of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey is also believed to be the resting place of Ezekiel. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre on a hill, where it is revered and visited by local Muslims , called Makam Dağı . Ezekiel

180-611: A pair of oak trees known individually as Gog and Magog, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Gog and Magog, twin rock formations in Stewart Island / Rakiura , New Zealand Magog, giant of Irish myth who fathered the Partholonians and Nemedians. See also [ edit ] Gog Magog Hills , a range of hills south of Cambridge, England Gog (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

216-412: A poor mirror. According to the midrash Shir HaShirim Rabbah , it was Ezekiel whom the three pious men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (also called Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ) asked for advice as to whether they should resist Nebuchadnezzar's command and choose death by fire rather than worship his idol . At first God revealed to the prophet that they could not hope for a miraculous rescue, and

252-654: A town Magog Township, Quebec , a former township Magog River , Quebec Lake Magog , Quebec Mount Magog , on the border between Alberta and British Columbia Entertainment [ edit ] Magog (comics) , an anti-hero in DC Comics' Kingdom Come miniseries Magog , a 1972 novel by Andrew Sinclair Magog, a fallen angel in the Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher, first appearing in Small Favor Guards of Magog, referenced in

288-632: The Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel 1:1 and the 2nd-century rabbinic work Seder Olam Rabba (chapter 26) interpret it to mean "in the thirtieth year after Josiah was presented with a Book of the Law discovered in the Temple" in 622 BCE, the time of Josiah's reforms and Jeremiah 's prophecies. These two interpretations can be reconciled if Ezekiel was born around the same time as Josiah's reforms. According to Jewish tradition , Ezekiel did not write

324-636: The Alans . The version of this legend in the 14th century Chronicon Pictum identifies this Magor as the descendant of Magog, son of Japheth. Magog's appearance in the Quran and other Islamic sources is chiefly due to his apocalyptic renown as part of the pairing of Gog and Magog ( Arabic : Ya'juj wa Ma'juj ). In sura Al-Kahf ("The Cave", 18:83–98) of the Quran (early 7th century AD), an individual called Dhul-Qarnayn ("The Two-horned One") journeys to

360-698: The Babylonian captivity on the banks of the Kebar Canal in Tel Abib near Nippur with other exiles from the Kingdom of Judah according to Ezekiel 1:1 and 3:15 . There is no mention of him having children. In the text, the "thirtieth year" is identified as the fifth year of the exile of Jeconiah , King of Judah , by the Neo-Babylonian Empire beginning in 597 BCE (though the kingdom

396-751: The Black Sea . According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia . An alternate identification derived from an examination of the order in which tribal names are listed in Ezekiel 38, "would place Magog between Cappadocia and Media ." According to Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (19th century) Magog refers to the Mongols. He cites an Arab writer who refers to the Great Wall of China with the name 'Magog'. Jordanes ' Getica (551) mentions Magog as ancestor of

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432-513: The Book of Ezekiel presents himself as Ezekiel, the son of Buzi , born into a priestly ( kohen ) lineage. The author dates his first divine encounter to "the thirtieth year" according to Ezekiel 1 :1–2. Ezekiel describes his calling to be a prophet , detailing his encounter with God and four "living creatures" with four wheels beside them. According to the Bible, Ezekiel and his wife lived during

468-577: The Goths , as does the Historia Brittonum , but Isidore of Seville (c. 635) asserts that this identification was popular "because of the similarity of the last syllable" ( Etymologiae , IX, 89). Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) stated that Magog migrated to Scandinavia (via Finland ) 88 years after the flood, and that his five sons were Suenno (ancestor of the Swedes), Gethar (or Gog, ancestor of

504-743: The Hebrew Bible , states that Ezekiel's mother prayed to God in old age for the birth of an offspring and was given Ezekiel as a gift from God . Ezekiel's Tomb is located in Al Kifl , Iraq , near Babylon . Historically an important Jewish site, the Al-Nukhailah Mosque for Shia Muslims was constructed over it. Due to the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the 1950s, the presence of the Iraqi Jewish community has diminished, although

540-630: The Milesians are among Magog's descendants. Magog was also supposed to have had a grandson called Heber, whose offspring spread throughout the Mediterranean . There is also a medieval Hungarian legend that says the Huns , as well as the Magyars , are descended from twin brothers named Hunor and Magor respectively, who lived by the sea of Azov in the years after the flood, and took wives from

576-468: The Quran , Muslim scholars, both classical and modern have included Ezekiel in lists of the prophets of Islam . The Quran mentions a prophet called Dhū al-Kifl ( ذو الكفل ). Although Dhu al-Kifl's identity is disputed, he is often identified with Ezekiel. Carsten Niebuhr , in his Reisebeschreibung nach Arabian , says he visited Al Kifl in Iraq , midway between Najaf and Hilla and said Kifl

612-541: The "prince" referring to Jesus. This is one of the readings at Vespers on Great Feasts of the Theotokos in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches. This imagery is also found in the traditional Catholic Christmas hymn " Gaudete " and in a saying by Bonaventure, quoted by Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori : "No one can enter Heaven unless by Mary, as though through a door." The imagery provides

648-612: The Goths), Ubbo (who later ruled the Swedes and built Old Uppsala ), Thor , and German. Magnus's accounts was accepted at the Swedish court for a long time, and even caused the dynastic numerals of the Swedish monarchs to be renumbered accordingly. Queen Christina of Sweden reckoned herself as number 249 in a list of kings going back to Magog. Magnus also influenced several later historians such as Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752), who derived

684-599: The Jews. According to Josephus , Ezekiel was already active as a prophet while in the Land of Israel, and he retained this gift when he was exiled with King Jehoiachin and the nobles of the country to Babylon. Josephus relates that Nebuchadnezzar 's Babylonian armies exiled three thousand people from Judah, after deposing Jehoiachin in 598 BCE. Rava states in the Babylonian Talmud that although Ezekiel describes

720-400: The appearance of the throne of God ( merkabah ), this is not because he had seen more than the prophet Isaiah : on the contrary, Isaiah described the divine glory as a courtier would describe the royal court where he served; whereas Ezekiel wrote as a peasant floridly embellishing a distant majesty. Ezekiel, like all the other prophets, has beheld only a blurred reflection of God, as if seen in

756-686: The basis for the concept that God gave Mary to humanity as the "Gate of Heaven" (thence the dedication of churches and convents to the Porta Coeli), an idea also laid out in the Salve Regina ( Hail Holy Queen ) prayer. John B. Taylor credits the subject with imparting the Biblical understanding of the nature of God. Ezekiel ( Arabic : حزقيال ; "Ḥazqiyāl" ) is recognized as a prophet in Islamic tradition . Although not mentioned by name in

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792-474: The biblical Book of Ezekiel, but rather his prophecies were collected by the Great Assembly . Ezekiel, like Jeremiah , is said by Talmud and Midrash to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte and former prostitute Rahab . Some statements found in rabbinic literature posit that Ezekiel was the son of Jeremiah, who was (also) called "Buzi" because he was despised by

828-673: The eventual restoration of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel . It is believed he died around 570 BCE; Ezekiel's Tomb is the most important Jewish religious site in Mesopotamia . Three decades later, in 539 BCE, the Persian empire conquered Babylon and the Edict of Cyrus repatriated the exiles . The name "Ezekiel" means "God is strong" or "God strengthens" in Hebrew. The author of

864-416: The exile, the monarchy and state were annihilated, and political and national life were no longer possible. In the absence of a worldly foundation, it became necessary to build a spiritual one and Ezekiel performed this mission by observing the signs of the time and deducing his doctrines from them. In conformity with the two parts of his book, his personality and his preaching are alike twofold. Regardless of

900-546: The house of Israel" (Ezekiel 36:37). 'But leave them and do not say anything to them. I will leave them to proceed unsuspecting.' Ezekiel is commemorated as a saint in the liturgical calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church —and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite —on July 21 (for those churches which use the traditional Julian Calendar , July 21 falls on August 5 of

936-494: The identification of Dhu al-Kifl with Ezekiel, Muslims have viewed Ezekiel as a prophet. Ezekiel appears in all collections of Stories of the Prophets . Muslim exegesis further lists Ezekiel's father as Buzi ( Budhi ) and Ezekiel is given the title ibn al-‘ajūz , denoting "son of the old (man)", as his parents are supposed to have been very old when he was born. A tradition, which resembles that of Hannah and Samuel in

972-657: The land of Gyges : Lydia . Magog is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions " Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal " (Ezek 38:2 NIV); on the basis of this mention, " Gog and Magog " over time became associated with each other as a pair. In the New Testament , this pairing is found in the Book of Revelation 20:8, in which instance they may merely be metaphors for archetypal enemies of God. Josephus refers to Magog son of Japheth as progenitor of Scythians , or peoples north of

1008-785: The modern Gregorian Calendar ). Ezekiel is commemorated on August 28 on the Calendar of Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church , and on April 10 in the Roman Martyrology . Certain Lutheran churches also celebrate his commemoration on July 21. Saint Bonaventure interpreted Ezekiel's statement about the "closed gate" as a prophecy of the Incarnation: the "gate" signifying the Virgin Mary and

1044-575: The prophet grieved for these men who were the "remnant of Judah". But when they left fully determined to sacrifice their lives to God, Ezekiel received this revelation: When they went out from before Ezekiel, the Holy One blessed be He revealed Himself and said: 'Ezekiel, what do you think, that I will not stand by them? I will certainly stand by them.' That is what is written: "So said the Lord God: Concerning this too, I will acquiesce to

1080-682: The roots of the Finns from Magog. According to several medieval Irish chronicles, most notably the Auraicept na n-Éces and Lebor Gabála Érenn , the Irish race are a composite including descendants of Japheth's son Magog from "Scythia". Baath mac Magog (Boath), Jobhath , and Fathochta are the three sons of Magog. Fenius Farsaid , Partholón , Nemed , the Fir Bolg , the Tuatha de Danann , and

1116-617: The song " Supper's Ready " by Genesis on the 1972 album Foxtrot Magog, a fictional race of beings from the TV show "Andromeda" Other uses [ edit ] HMCS  Magog  (K673) , a Royal Canadian Navy frigate during the Second World War Magog, an unaccepted synonym for a genus of sponges Chondrilla (sponge) Magog, a nickname given within the Skull and Bones collegiate secret society Oaks of Avalon ,

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1152-532: The term is not clear, this name indicates either a person, or a tribe, or a geographical reality (country or city). In the book of Ezekiel , the pagan Magog people live "north of the World", and metaphorically represent the forces of Evil, which associates it with Apocalyptic traditions. The origin of the name Magog is unclear. It has been conjectured to come from the Akkadian mat Gugi , "land of Gog", that is,

1188-495: The title Magog . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magog&oldid=1242835319 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Magog (Bible) The origin of

1224-414: Was allowed to continue under Zedekiah ); this dates Ezekiel's vision to 593 BCE. The last recorded prophecy of Ezekiel dates to April 571 BCE, sixteen years after the destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BCE. Thus, Ezekiel's prophecies occurred over about 22 years. The "thirtieth year" may refer to Ezekiel's age at the time of his first vision, making him fifty-two years old at his final vision. However,

1260-519: Was an Israelite priest . The Book of Ezekiel , relating his visions and acts, is named after him. The Abrahamic religions acknowledge Ezekiel as a prophet . According to the narrative, Ezekiel prophesied the destruction of Judah 's capital city Jerusalem . In 587 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian Empire conquered Jerusalem , destroyed Solomon's Temple , and sent the Judahite upper classes into the Babylonian captivity . However, Ezekiel also prophesied

1296-571: Was the Arabic form of Ezekiel . He further explained in his book that Ezekiel's Tomb was present in Al Kifl and that the Jews came to it on pilgrimage. The name "Dhu al-Kifl" means "Possessor of the Double" or "Possesor of the Fold" ( ذو dhū "possessor of, owner of" and الكفل al-kifl "double, folded"). Some Islamic scholars have likened Ezekiel's mission to the description of Dhu al-Kifl. During

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