“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?”
The Assyrian message names specific kings and kingdoms that have been conquered: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and Eden in Telassar. The specificity of the enumeration adds weight to the argument about universal conquest. The oracle shows the Assyrian king's detailed knowledge of regional history and his use of historical pattern to justify confidence in conquest.
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