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, Trachonitis, Batanea, Gaulanitis, and Auranitis in the first century C.E.]] Trachonitis was a region that once formed part of Herod Philip's
Herod Philip

Herod II, sometimes known as Herod Boethus or Herod Philip I was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne , the daughter of Boethusians the Kohen Gadol ....
 tetrarchy
Tetrarchy

Tetrarchy can be applied to any system of government where power is divided between four individuals. The term is usually used to refer to the tetrarchy instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 which lasted until c. 313....
. It now lies within the boundaries of modern Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
.

It appears in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 only in the phrase tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras, literally, "of the Iturean
Iturea

Iturea is the Greek language name of a province, derived from the Bible Jetur, name of a son of Ishmael. The name of the province is mentioned only once in the Christian Bible, while in historical sources the name of the people, the Itureans , occurs....
 and Trachonian region" (Luke
Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke is a Synoptic Gospels, and is the third and longest of the four Biblical canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus of Nazareth....
 3:1). Trachonitis signifies the land associated with the trachon, "a rugged stony tract." There are two volcanic districts south and east of Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, to which the Greeks
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 applied this name: that to the Northwest of the mountain of Bashan
Bashan

Bashan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his Confederation "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim," where Og the monarch of Bashan had his residence....
 (Jebel ed-Druze) is now called el-Leja', "the refuge" or "asylum."

It lies in the midst of an arable and pastoral country; and although it could never have supported a large population, it has probably always been inhabited.

The other is away to the Northeast of the mountain, and is called in Arabic es-Safa.






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, Trachonitis, Batanea, Gaulanitis, and Auranitis in the first century C.E.]] Trachonitis was a region that once formed part of Herod Philip's
Herod Philip

Herod II, sometimes known as Herod Boethus or Herod Philip I was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne , the daughter of Boethusians the Kohen Gadol ....
 tetrarchy
Tetrarchy

Tetrarchy can be applied to any system of government where power is divided between four individuals. The term is usually used to refer to the tetrarchy instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 which lasted until c. 313....
. It now lies within the boundaries of modern Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
.

It appears in the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 only in the phrase tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras, literally, "of the Iturean
Iturea

Iturea is the Greek language name of a province, derived from the Bible Jetur, name of a son of Ishmael. The name of the province is mentioned only once in the Christian Bible, while in historical sources the name of the people, the Itureans , occurs....
 and Trachonian region" (Luke
Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of Luke is a Synoptic Gospels, and is the third and longest of the four Biblical canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus of Nazareth....
 3:1). Trachonitis signifies the land associated with the trachon, "a rugged stony tract." There are two volcanic districts south and east of Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, to which the Greeks
Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
 applied this name: that to the Northwest of the mountain of Bashan
Bashan

Bashan is a biblical place first mentioned in , where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his Confederation "smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim," where Og the monarch of Bashan had his residence....
 (Jebel ed-Druze) is now called el-Leja', "the refuge" or "asylum."

It lies in the midst of an arable and pastoral country; and although it could never have supported a large population, it has probably always been inhabited.

The other is away to the Northeast of the mountain, and is called in Arabic es-Safa. This covers much the larger area. It is a wild and inhospitable desert tract, remote from the dwellings of men. It was well known to the ancients; but there was nothing to attract even a sparse population to its dark and forbidding rocks, burning under the suns of the wilderness. It therefore plays no part in the history.

These are the two Trachons of Strabo
Strabo

Strabo was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and philosophy....
 (xvi.2, 20). They are entirely volcanic in origin, consisting of lava
Lava

Lava is molten Rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. When first expelled from a volcanic vent, it is a liquid at temperatures from 700 ?C to 1,200 ?C ....
 belched forth by volcanoes that have been extinct for ages. In cooling, the lava has split up and crumbled into the most weird and fantastic forms. The average elevation of these districts above the surrounding country is about 30 ft. Es-Safa is quite waterless. There are spring
Spring (hydrosphere)

A spring is a point where groundwater flows out from the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface.Dependent upon the constancy of the water source , a spring may be ephemeral or Perennial stream ....
s around the border of el-Leja', but in the interior, water-supply depends entirely upon cisterns. Certain great hollows in the rocks also form natural reservoirs, in which the rain water is preserved through the summer months.

El-Leja' is roughly triangular in shape, with its apex to the North. The sides are about 25 miles in length, and the base about 20.

See also

  • 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....


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