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Bashan
Ancient polity, eastern Palestine. Frequently cited in the Old Testament and later important in the Roman Republic and Empire, it was located in what is now Syria. In New Testament times, Bashan ranked as one of the great granaries of Rome. One of its towns, Bostra (Bura al-Shm), was important to both Nabataea and Rome. Augustus made Herod the Great ruler of Bashan, and in 106 Trajan brought the whole Nabataean kingdom under the empire in creating the province of Arabia, with Bostra as its capital. The country went into decline in the 7th century.For more information on Bashan, visit Britannica.com.
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Bashan
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Bashan A fertile area east of the Jordan whose fat cattle were proverbial (Amos 4: 1). Once ruled by Og (Num. 21: 33), who was defeated at Edrei (Deut. 3: 1), it was taken over by the tribe Manasseh .
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Bashan-havoth-jair
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see Havoth-jair .
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Bashan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, fertile plain E of the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee from the latitude of Haifa northward to that of Tyre. According to Hebrew tradition, it was conquered by the Israelites and given to the half tribe of Manasseh.
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Havoth-jair
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, in the Bible, group of villages in Bashan and Gilead, E of the Jordan. They were named for Jair son of Manasseh or for Jair the judge. It also appears as Bashan-havoth-jair and the towns of Jair.
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Og
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Og King of Bashan, the last survivor of the Rephaim (Deut. 3: 11); defeated by Moses (Deut. 3: 3) in a vital victory long celebrated in Israelite worship (Ps. 135: 11).
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