An ancient region of Palestine northeast of the Sea of Galilee in present-day southern Syria.
Bashan
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An ancient region of Palestine northeast of the Sea of Galilee in present-day southern Syria.
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Region northeast of the River Jordan and beyond the Golan. Most of the area is a fertile plain, with an abundance of water. It borders on Mount Hermon to the north and Gilead to the south (Deut 3:8-10; Josh 12:1-5). The River Yarmuk forms the boundary between Bashan and Gilead. On the east Bashan extends as far as Salcah, on the slopes of Jebel ed-Druz (Deut 3:10), which was once covered by oak forests (Is 2:13; Ezek 27:6). It thus included the region later known as Trachonitis.
The land of Bashan was renowned for its rich pasture, which supported large herds of cattle and sheep (Deut 32:14; Jer 50:19, etc.). Og was King of Bashan (Josh 9:10) until the Israelites defeated him at Edrei (Num 21:33-35). Then the region was allotted to the families of Jair (Deut 3:14) and Nobah of the sons of Manasseh, who received Kenath in Bashan (Num 32:42). After the division of the Kingdom of Judah Bashan became part of the Kingdom of Israel, but the kings of Syria soon conquered Ramoth Gilead (Mizpah) in Bashan (I Kgs 22:3 ff; II Kgs 8:28). The remaining part of Bashan fell to Syria in the days of Jehu (II Kgs 10:33) to be restored to Israel during the reigns of Jehoash and his son Jeroboam (II Kgs 13:25; 14:25, 28). In 732 B.C., Tiglath-Pileser III conquered it and deported many of its inhabitants (II Kgs 15:29, supplemented by the lists of Tiglath-Pileser).
In the Persian period a district named Karnaim was formed, which included Bashan and Golan. Judas Maccabee conquered part of the region (I Macc 15:17-45). In 63 B.C. Pompey annexed Bashan to the kingdom of the Itureans. When Herod the Great ascended the throne Bashan was given to him; after his death it was ruled by his son Philip. In A.D. 37 it formed part of Agrippa I's kingdom, and it belonged to the kingdom of Agrippa II until his death. It was then annexed to the Roman province of Syria.
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Num 21:33; 32:33. Deut 1:4; 3:1, 3-4,10-11, 13-14; 4:43, 47; 29:7; 32:14; 33:22. Josh 9:10; 12:4-5; 13:11-12, 30-31; 17:1, 5; 20:8; 21:6, 27; 22:7. I Kgs 4:13, 19. II Kgs 10:33. I Chr 5:11-12,16, 23; 6:62,71. Neh 9:22. Ps 22:12; 68:15, 22; 135:11; 136:20. Is 2:13; 33:9. Jer 22:20; 50:19. Ezek 27:6; 39:18. Amos 4:1. Mic 7:14. Nah 1:4. Zech 11:2
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Bashan (bā'shän), fertile plain E of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee from the latitude of Haifa northward to that of Tyre. According to Hebrew tradition, it was conquered by the Israelites and given to the half tribe of Manasseh.
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Bashan or Basan (Hebrew: הַבָּשָׁן, ha-Bashan, meaning "the light soil"; Latin: Basan) is a biblical place first mentioned in Genesis 14:5, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth," where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed (Numbers 21:33-35; Deuteronomy 3:1-7). This country extended from Gilead in the south to Hermon in the north, and from the Jordan river on the west to Salcah on the east. Along with the half of Gilead it was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:29-31). Golan, one of its cities, became a city of refuge (Joshua 21:27).
Argob, in Bashan, was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (1 Kings 4:13). The cities of Bashan were taken by Hazael (2 Kings 10:33), but were soon after reconquered by Jehoash (2 Kings 13:25), who overcame the Syrians in three battles, according to the prophesy of Elisha (19). From this time Bashan almost disappears from history, although we read of the wild cattle of its rich pastures (Ezekiel 39:18; Psalms 22:12), the oaks of its forests (Isaiah 2:13; Ezekiel 27:6; Zechariah 11:2), and the beauty of its extensive plains (Amos 4:1; Jeremiah 50:19). Soon after the conquest, the name "Gilead" was given to the whole country beyond Jordan. After the Exile, Bashan was divided into four districts:
- Gaulonitis, or Jaulan, the most western
- Auranitis, the Hauran (Ezekiel 47:16)
- Argob or Trachonitis, now the Lejah
- Batanaea, now Ard-el-Bathanyeh, on the east of the Lejah, with many deserted towns almost as perfect as when they were inhabited.
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