6. Gomer. Gomer was one of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chron. 1:5). A second Gomer is mentioned as the wife of Hosea (Hosea 1:3). The only other Biblical occurrence of the name is this remark regarding Gomer and all his bands. None of these references throws much light on who these people were that joined Gog against Israel.
In the secular sources frequent mention is made of the Gimirri, or the Cimmerians (see Homer Odyssey xi. 14), who are believed to be the same people as Gomer and his bands. They were a barbaric horde of Aryans, who poured down from what is now southern Russia, in the 8th century , over the land of Assyria and its neighbors, causing trouble and bloodshed (see Herodotus i. 15. 16). See further on Gen. 10:2.
Togarmah. Togarmah was the son of Gomer, the grandson of Japheth, and the brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath (Gen. 10:3; 1 Chron. 1:6). Outside of these two references the name occurs only here and in Eze. 27:14, where Togarmah is said to trade in horses and mules in the Tyrian market. Historically, these people have been identified with the Tilgarimmu of the Assyrian inscriptions (see on Gen. 10:3).