MAGOG mā’ gŏg (מָגֹ֔וג; Μαγώγ, G3408; region of Gog). In Ezekiel 38:2; 39:6 Magog is a land in which (or people over which) Gog acts as chief ruler. The name appears first for one of Japheth’s sons (Gen 10:2; 1 Chron 1:5), listed with Tubal, Meshech, etc., whose descendants become national groups. Josephus (Antiq. I. vi. 1) identifies Magog with Scythians of the far N. Resemblance of names has caused some to identify Gog with Gyges (Gugu) of Lydia and so Magog with Lydia. Ezekiel’s association of Gog and Magog with peoples at the extremities of the then known world (Ezek 38:2) suggests that they might be interpreted in a representative and eschatological sense rather than identified particularly. Revelation 20:8 uses the terms this way. Ezekiel sees them as representing northern nations (Ezek 38:16), who in the “latter days” come against Israel in battle and experience God’s wrath in defeat.