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Bashan

Bashan (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
???? ha-Bashan, meaning "the light soil

Soil

Soil is the naturally occurring, unconsolidated or loose covering on the Earth's surface. Soil is composed of particles of broken rock that have been altered by chemical and environmental processes including weathering and erosion....
") is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates

Confederation

Usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution, confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues such as defense , foreign affairs, or a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members....
"smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth

Ashteroth Karnaim

Ashteroth Karnaim is a land east of Jordan mentioned in and . Translates literally to 'Ashteroth of the Horns', with 'Ashteroth' being a Canaanite fertitility goddess and 'horns' being symbolic of mountain peaks....
," where Og

According to several books of the Old Testament, Og was an ancient Amorite king of Bashan who, along with his sons and army, was slain by Joshua and his men at the battle of Edrei ....
the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
's entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed (; ). This country extended from Gilead

Gilead

From the Scriptures, "Gilead" means hill of testimony or mound of witness, , a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, situated in the present-day Kingdom of Jordan....
in the south to Hermon in the north, and from the Jordan river

Jordan River

The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
on the west to Salcah

Salkhad

Salkhad a Syrian city in the As Suwayda' Province, Syria, southern Syria.It is the capital of Salkhad District, one of the governorate's three districts....
on the east.

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Bashan (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Soil

Confederation

Ashteroth Karnaim

Israel

Gilead

Jordan River

The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
on the west to Salcah

Salkhad

Salkhad a Syrian city in the As Suwayda' Province, Syria, southern Syria.It is the capital of Salkhad District, one of the governorate's three districts....
on the east. Along with the half of Gilead it was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh

Tribe of Manasseh

The Tribe of Menasheh was one of the Israelites. Together with the Tribe of Ephraim, Menasheh also formed the House of Joseph. At its height, the territory it occupied spanned the Jordan River, forming two "half-tribes", one on each side; the eastern half-tribe was almost entirely discontinuity with the western half-tribe, only slightly...
. Golan

Golan

Golan or Gaulonitis is an ancient city in the Land of Israel. It was in the territory of Manasseh in the area of Bashan, and it was the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River ....
, one of its cities, became a city of refuge

Cities of Refuge

The Cities of Refuge were towns in the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah at which the perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum; outside of these cities, blood vengeance against such perpetrators was allowed by law....
.

Argob

Argob

Argob , a region located east of the Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately 20 miles by 30 miles, and rose 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan....
, in Bashan, was one of Solomon

Solomon

Solomon is a figure described in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. The biblical accounts identify Solomon as the son of David. He is also called Jedidiah in the Tanakh , and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah split; following th...
's commissariat district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipality, or subdivisions of municipalities....
s . The cities of Bashan were taken by Hazael

Hazael

Hazael was a court official and later an Aramean Monarch who appeared in the Bible. He was first referred to by name in Books of Kings 19 when God told the prophet Elijah to anoint him king over Aram....
, but were soon after reconquered by Jehoash

Jehoash of Israel

Jehoash , was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the son of Jehoahaz of Israel, . When he ascended the throne, the Kingdom of Israel was suffering from the predations of the Arameans; Hazael "was cutting Israel short."...
, who overcame the Syrians

History of Syria

This article deals with the history of Syria, and the nations previously occupying its territory....
in three battle

Battle

Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, wherein each group will seek to defeat the others within the scope of a military campaign, and are well defined in duration, area and force commitment....
s, according to the prophesy of Elisha

Elisha

Elisha is a Biblical prophet. In Greek and Latin, he is known as Saint Eliseus; however, the standard English form of the name has been "Elisha," at least since the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible....
(19). From this time Bashan almost disappears from history

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, although we read of the wild cattle

Cattle

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domestication ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat , dairy products , leather and as draft animals ....
of its rich pasture

Pasture

Pasture is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of factory farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses....
s (; ), the oak

Oak

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus , which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably Lithocarpus....
s of its forest

Forest

File:Stara planina suma.jpgA forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria....
s (; ; ), and the beauty of its extensive plain

Plain

In geography, a plain is an area of landscape with relatively high relief, as well as flat. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or vegetation may be absent in the case of sandy or...
s (; ). Soon after the conquest, the name "Gilead" was given to the whole country beyond Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
. After the Exile, Bashan was divided into four district

District

Gaulonitis, or Jaulan, the most western
Auranitis, the Hauran
Hauran

Hauran, also Hawran or Houran, The Hauran is mentioned in the Bible describing the boundary area of the Israelite Kingdom at the time....
Argob
Argob

Argob , a region located east of the Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately 20 miles by 30 miles, and rose 20 or 30 feet above the table-land of Bashan....
or Trachonitis
Trachonitis

File:Iturea-Trachonitis.PNGTrachonitis was a region that once formed part of Herod Philip tetrarchy. It now lies within the boundaries of modern Syria....
, now the Lejah
Batanaea
Batanaea

File:Iturea-Trachonitis.PNGBatanaea or Batanea was an area of the Holy Land , north-east of the Jordan River, to the east of Trachonitis....
, now Ard-el-Bathanyeh, on the east of the Lejah, with many deserted towns almost as perfect as when they were inhabited.