bashan

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bashan - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Bashan
  light soil, first mentioned in Gen. 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 (Num. 21:33-35; Deut.
  3:1-7). This country extended from Gilead in the south to Hermon
  in the north, and from the Jordan on the west to Salcah on the
  east. Along with the half of Gilead it was given to the
  half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh. 13:29-31). Golan, one of its
  cities, became a "city of refuge" (Josh. 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 word of Elisha (19). From this time Bashan almost disappears
  from history, although we read of the wild cattle of its rich
  pastures (Ezek. 39:18; Ps. 22:12), the oaks of its forests (Isa.
  2:13; Ezek. 27:6; Zech. 11:2), and the beauty of its extensive
  plains (Amos 4:1; Jer. 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, (1.) Gaulonitis,
  or Jaulan, the most western; (2.) Auranitis, the Hauran (Ezek.
  47:16); (3.) Argob or Trachonitis, now the Lejah; and (4.)
  Batanaea, now Ard-el-Bathanyeh, on the east of the Lejah, with
  many deserted towns almost as perfect as when they were
  inhabited. (See HAURAN.)