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Magog is a region in the Bible, its middle about 1,009 km (627 miles) north-west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 3 verses, from Ezekiel 38:2 to Revelation 20:8.
Region of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In Ezekiel (38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar tribe descended from Japheth. They are described as skilled horsemen, and expert in the use of the bow. The Latin father Jerome says that this word denotes “Scythian nations, fierce and innumerable, who live beyond the Caucasus and the Lake Maeotis, and near the Caspian Sea, and spread out even onward to India.” Perhaps the name “represents the Assyrian Mat Gugi, or ‘country of Gugu,’ the Gyges of the Greeks” (Sayce’s Races, etc.).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Magog is a region its middle about 1,009 km (627 miles) north-west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Magog in 3 verses, in 2 books, from Ezekiel 38:2 to Revelation 20:8.