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Bashan

East of the Jordan and Sea of Galilee (Golan/Hauran) · Old Testament · 52 verses

Bashan was a fertile, elevated region east of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, in the area of the modern Golan and Hauran. It was known for rich pasture and strong cattle. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 12 more in the King James text.

About Bashan

Bashan was a fertile, elevated region east of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, in the area of the modern Golan and Hauran. It was known for rich pasture and strong cattle.

Its place in the story

Israel defeated Og, king of Bashan, in the conquest of the land east of the Jordan, and the region was given to the tribe of Manasseh. Bashan was proverbial for its fat cattle, strong oaks, and lofty hills. The prophets used it as an image of pride and of plenty.

Bashan in Scripture (KJV)

“And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.”
Numbers 21:33 (KJV)
“And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.”
Numbers 32:33 (KJV)
“After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:”
Deuteronomy 1:4 (KJV)
“Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.”
Deuteronomy 3:1 (KJV)
“So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.”
Deuteronomy 3:3 (KJV)
“And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.”
Deuteronomy 3:4 (KJV)
“All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.”
Deuteronomy 3:10 (KJV)
“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.”
Deuteronomy 3:11 (KJV)

Bashan is named 52 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The victory over Og of Bashan was remembered as one of God's mighty deeds of deliverance, part of the saving history brought to fullness in Christ.

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Where is Bashan in the Bible?

Bashan was a fertile, elevated region east of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee, in the area of the modern Golan and Hauran. It was known for rich pasture and strong cattle. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 12 more in the King James text.

What happened at Bashan?

Israel defeated Og, king of Bashan, in the conquest of the land east of the Jordan, and the region was given to the tribe of Manasseh. Bashan was proverbial for its fat cattle, strong oaks, and lofty hills. The prophets used it as an image of pride and of plenty.

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