Bashan

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Bashan, in the tooth, in ivory