"Telessar" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Telessar
  1. (biblical) A city mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as the destroyed city of the "children of Eden". Categories (topical): Bible Categories (place): Cities

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