Gog and Magog

Gog And Magog

Gog and Magog (Arabic: يَأْجُوج وَمَأْجُوج‎ Yaʾjūj wa-Maʾjūj; Hebrew: גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג Gog u-Magog) are names that appear primarily in various Abrahamic scriptures, as well as numerous subsequent references in other works. Their context can be either genealogical (as Magog in Genesis 10:2) or eschatological and apocalyptic, as in the Book of Ezekiel and Revelation. They are sometimes individuals, sometimes peoples, and sometimes geographic regions. The passages from Ezekiel and Revelation in particular have attracted attention due to their prophetic descriptions of conflicts said to occur near the "end times".