COUNTRY OF. Meshech was the sixth son of Japheth, and is
generally mentioned in conjunction with his brother Tubal; and both were
first seated in the northeastern angle of Asia Minor, from the shores of
the Euxine, along to the south of Caucasus; where were the Montes
Moschisi, and where, in after times, were the Iberi, Tibareni, and
Moschi; near to whom also, or mingled with them, were the Chalybes, who,
it is probable, derived their Grecian appellation from the general
occupation of the families of Tubal and Meshech, as workers in brass and
iron, as the inhabitants of the same countries have been in all ages,
for the supply of Tyre, Persia, Greece, and Armenia. There appears also
to have been in the same neighbourhood, namely, in Armenia, a river and
country termed Rosh: for so, Bochart says, the river Araxes is called by
the Arabs; and that there was a people in the adjoining country called
Rhossi. That passage in Ezekiel, xxxviii, also, which in our Bibles is
rendered the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,” is, in the Septuagint,
the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.” These Rossi and Moschi, who
were neighbours in Asia, dispersed their colonies jointly over the vast
empire of Russia; and preserve their names still in those of Russians
and Muscovites.
generally mentioned in conjunction with his brother Tubal; and both were
first seated in the northeastern angle of Asia Minor, from the shores of
the Euxine, along to the south of Caucasus; where were the Montes
Moschisi, and where, in after times, were the Iberi, Tibareni, and
Moschi; near to whom also, or mingled with them, were the Chalybes, who,
it is probable, derived their Grecian appellation from the general
occupation of the families of Tubal and Meshech, as workers in brass and
iron, as the inhabitants of the same countries have been in all ages,
for the supply of Tyre, Persia, Greece, and Armenia. There appears also
to have been in the same neighbourhood, namely, in Armenia, a river and
country termed Rosh: for so, Bochart says, the river Araxes is called by
the Arabs; and that there was a people in the adjoining country called
Rhossi. That passage in Ezekiel, xxxviii, also, which in our Bibles is
rendered the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,” is, in the Septuagint,
the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.” These Rossi and Moschi, who
were neighbours in Asia, dispersed their colonies jointly over the vast
empire of Russia; and preserve their names still in those of Russians
and Muscovites.