MESECH
“possession”. (a) People descended from Japheth (Gen. 10:2). He sold slaves and bronze utensils in the Tyrian markets (Ez. 27:13).
Ally of Tubal and ally, or subject, of Gog, prince of Ros, of Meshech and of Tubal (Ez. 32:26; 38:2, 3; 39:1). Meshech and Tubal appear together in Assyrian inscriptions, as in the Bible.
In the time of Tiglath-pileser I (around 1115-1102 BC), and Shalmansar III (860-825), Musku, that is, Meshech, was located in the north of Assyria, in the mountains and on the borders of Tabal. (Tubal) to the west. These two towns were gradually pushed towards the vicinity of the Black Sea.
Herodotus calls them Moschoi and Tibarenoi; he places them in the mountains southeast of the Black Sea (Herodotus 3:94; 7:78). The Moschoi dwelt between the rivers Phasis and Cyrus (Pliny, Histo. Nat. 6:4; Strabo 11:2, 14-17). (b) Descendant of Shem through Aram (1 Chron. 1:17); It is the Mas that appears in Gen. 10:23