Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: [and] many people with thee.
6. Cf. Eze 27:14; Gen 10:2. His “bands,” Eze 12:14.
north quarters ] lit. sides of the north, i.e. the furthest north, Isa 14:13. Gomer, Assyr. Gimir, is usually identified in name with the Kimmerians. Schrader ( KAT. in loc.) and others understand Cappadocia.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 6. Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah] The Cimmerians and Turcomanians, and other northern nations.-Calmet.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Gomer; inhabitants of Galatia, called formerly Gallograeci, Phrygians, and Bithynians, also these descended of Gomer.
Togarmah; Paphlagonia and Cappadocia: see Eze 27:14.
Of the north quarters: it might be read in apposition, and leave out
of, so it will bring in many more to assist Gog; beside all those mentioned, the more northern people, the numerous Tartars, shall with all their bands fight for Gag.
Many people; great, and mighty of stature, and strength, and courage, as well as many in numbers.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. Gomerthe Celtic Cimmeriansof Crim-Tartary.
Togarmahthe Armeniansof the Caucasus, south of Iberia.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Gomer, and all his bands,…. Or all his army, as the Targum. Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth, Ge 10:2, from whom descended the people called by the Greeks Galatians, or Galio-Grecians, as Josephus i says, who before were from him called Gomarians: others think that Phrygia, and the inhabitants of it, are meant; but, whether one or the other, they were both people of the lesser Asia, which is now in the hands of the Turks:
the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands; Togarmah was one of the sons of Gomer, Ge 10:3 whose posterity, according to the Greeks, as Josephus k says, were the Phrygians; but others rather think the Cappadocians descended from him; and that Togarmah designs their country, which also is a part of the Turkish dominions; [See comments on Eze 27:14]. Several moderns, as Calmet l observes, believe that the children of Togarmah peopled Turcomania in Tartary, and Scythia, and which he approves of; and the Turks are mentioned by Ben Gorion m as one of the ten families of Togarmah. The Targum renders it here the province of Germany; as it is also interpreted in the Talmud n, but wrongly:
and many people with thee; from other places and nations, besides those named; especially out of the lesser Asia, as Pamphylia, Cilicia, and other places; and perhaps from Tartary, and elsewhere,
i Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 1. k lbid. l Dictionary in the word “Togarmah”. m Heb. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. p. 3. n T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 10. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) Gomer . . . Togarmah.Again the address turns to the extreme north. Gomer, like Magog, a people descended from Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1Ch. 1:5), is identified with the Cimmerians; and for the house of Togarmah, the Armenians, see Note on 27:14. In the last clause of the verse, people should be in the plural. This was to be a general gathering of the strength of the world against the Church of God.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. For Gomer see note Eze 38:2; for Togarmah, Eze 27:14; for people read “peoples,” as also Eze 38:8-9; Eze 38:15; Eze 38:22.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 38:6. Gomer, &c. Or, according to some, Phrygia, and all her bands; the Cappadocians of the north quarters, and all their bands. See Gen 10:2.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: [and] many people with thee.
Ver. 6. Gomer, and all his bands. ] The Cimbrians or Cimmerians, saith Melanchthon; the Galatians, saith Theodoret.
The house of Togarmah.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gomer. North of Asia Minor; also descended from Japheth (Gen 10:3),
Togarmah = Armenia. Compare Eze 27:14, Also descended from Japheth (Gen 10:3).
bands = hordes.
People = peoples.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Gomer, and all his
(See Scofield “Gen 10:2”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Gomer: Gen 10:2, 1Ch 1:5
Togarmah: Eze 27:14, Gen 10:3, 1Ch 1:6, Dan 11:40
Reciprocal: Eze 32:30 – the princes Eze 38:15 – and many Eze 39:6 – in the isles
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
38:6 {d} Gomer, and all his troops; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his troops: [and] many people with thee.
(d) Gomer was Japheth’s son, and Togarmah the son of Gomer, and are thought to be they that inhabited Asia Minor.