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Telassar

Telassar is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Telassar rather than just read about it. In short: Telassar (Tel-as'sar) is mentioned three times in the Bible. First in 2 Kings 19:12 (or according to the Greek Septuagint, 4 Kings 19:12), then in Isaiah 37:12 and in Ezekiel 27:23.

Key takeaways

Telassar belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Telassar to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Telassar from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Telassar (Tel-as'sar) is mentioned three times in the Bible. First in 2 Kings 19:12 (or according to the Greek Septuagint, 4 Kings 19:12), then in Isaiah 37:12 and in Ezekiel 27:23.

According to Rashi, Eden is the name of a kingdom. According to those two scriptures, Tel-assar was a place inhabited by "the people of Eden" and is mentioned along with Gozan and Haran, which are in northern Mesopotamia, and Rezeph, the exact location of which is not known, several places having had this name. One such site, thought by some to have been part of an ancient district, is identified with modern Rusa’feh, located West of the Euphrates about 145 km (90 mi) South of modern Haran. It is thus in the vicinity of the suggested site of Gozan, with which Rezeph is mentioned. Sennacherib boasted, through his messengers, that the gods worshiped by the people of these places had been unable to deliver them from his forefathers. This area concurs with T. G. Pinches' etymological explanation in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia as follows:

"As Telassar was inhabited by the 'children of Eden,' and is mentioned with Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, in Western Mesopotamia, it has been suggested that it lay in Bit Adini, "the House of Adinu," or Betheden, in the same direction, between the Euphrates and the Belikh. A place named Til-Assuri, however, is twice mentioned by Tiglath-pileser IV (Ann., 176; Slab-Inscr., II, 23), and from these passages it would seem to have lain near enough to the Assyrian border to be annexed. The king states that he made there holy sacrifices to Merodach, whose seat it was. It was inhabited by Babylonians (whose home was the Edinu or "plain" see EDEN). Esarhaddon, Sennacherib's son, who likewise conquered the place, writes the name Til-Asurri, and states that the people of Mihranu called it Pitanu. Its inhabitants, he says, were people of Barnaku.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Telassar

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Telassar claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Telassar before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Telassar ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Telassar

In research: Telassar appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Telassar in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Telassar is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Hebrew Bible geography stubs, Hebrew Bible places, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Telassar outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Telassar in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Telassar means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Telassar out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Telassar in simple terms?

Telassar (Tel-as'sar) is mentioned three times in the Bible. First in 2 Kings 19:12 (or according to the Greek Septuagint, 4 Kings 19:12), then in Isaiah 37:12 and in Ezekiel 27:23.

Why does Telassar matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Telassar?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Telassar.