Bashan

Region mentioned in 53 verses of the Bible, most often in Deuteronomy.

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Where it appears

Deuteronomy (14), Joshua (13), 1 Chronicles (6), Psalms (4), Numbers (2), 1 Kings (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2), 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Amos (1) and 3 more

Key verses

• Numbers 21:33 first mention — 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 32:33 — 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.
• Deuteronomy 3:11 — 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 32:14 — Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
• Joshua 17:1 — There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
• Nehemiah 9:22 — Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
• Psalms 22:12 — Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
• Isaiah 33:9 — The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
• Jeremiah 50:19 — And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
• Micah 7:14 — Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Nahum 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Nearby places

• Golan 0 km
• Ashtaroth 8 km
• Decapolis 14 km
• Geshur 22 km
• Edrei 24 km
• Aphek 28 km
• Nehelamite 29 km
• Helam 29 km

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