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Bashan
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Bashan
Bashan
(; ,
ha-Bashan
; or Basanitis) is a
biblical
place first mentioned in , where it is said that King
Chedorlaomer
and his
confederates
"smote the
Rephaim
in
Ashteroth
", where
Og
the
king
of Bashan had his residence. At the time of the
Israelites
entrance into the
Promised Land
, Og came out against them, but was utterly routed (; ). Bashan 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
.
Golan
, one of its cities, became a
Levitical city
and a
city of refuge
.
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