Editing Bashan (section)

=== Hebrew Bible ===
[[File:Capture of Astartu-1.jpg|thumb|The capture of the city of "Astartu" (thought to be [[Ashteroth Karnaim|Ashteroth]] in the land of king [[Og]] of Bashan, east of the [[Jordan River]]), by the Assyrian king [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] about 730–727 BCE, as depicted on a palace relief now kept on display at the British Museum.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Clifford M. |title=Old Testament Illustrations |date=1971 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8w7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA77 |language=en}}</ref>]]
The [[Book of Numbers]] tells that King Og of Bashan came out against the [[Israelites]] led by [[Moses]] at the time of their entrance into the [[Promised Land]], but was vanquished in battle ({{bible verse|Numbers|21:33–35|KJV}}; {{bible verse|Deuteronomy|3:1–7|KJV}}).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bashan|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54886/Bashan|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> {{bible verse|Deuteronomy|3:1–7|KJV}} states:<blockquote>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 [[Daraa|Edrei]]. And the {{Lord}} said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto [[Sihon]] king of the Amorites, which dwelt at [[Heshbon]]. 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. 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. All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.</blockquote>[[File:Ostjordanische Amoriterreiche.png|thumb]]
Along with the half of [[Gilead]], it was given to the half-[[tribe of Manasseh]] ({{bible verse|Joshua|13:29–31|KJV}}). According to the [[Book of Joshua]], [[Golan]], one of its cities, became a [[Levitical city]] and a [[Cities of Refuge|city of refuge]] ({{bible verse|Joshua|21:27|KJV}}). [[Argob]], in Bashan, was one of [[Solomon]]'s commissariat districts ({{bible verse|1|Kings|4:13|KJV}}).

In the late-9th century BCE, the cities of Bashan were taken by [[Hazael]], monarch of the Syrian kingdom of Aram-Damascus ({{bible verse|2|Kings|10:33|KJV}}), but were soon after reconquered by [[Jehoash of Israel|Jehoash]] ({{bible verse|2|Kings|13:25|KJV}}) who overcame the [[History of Syria|Syrians]] in three battles, according to the prophecy of [[Elisha]] ({{bible verse|2|Kings|13:19|KJV}}).

From this time, Bashan almost disappears from history, although there are biblical references to the wild [[cattle]] of its rich [[pasture]]s (see {{bible verse|Ezekiel|39:18|KJV}}, {{bible verse|Psalm|22:12|KJV}} and [[Amos 4#Verse 1|Amos 4:1]]), the [[oak]]s of its forests ({{bible verse|Isaiah|2:13|KJV}}; {{bible verse|Ezekiel|27:6|KJV}}; {{bible verse|Zechariah|11:2|KJV}}), the beauty of its extensive plains (also in Amos 4:1),<ref>{{cite web|title=BibleHub - Amos 4:1|url=http://biblehub.com/amos/4-1.htm|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> {{bible verse|Jeremiah|50:19|KJV}}), and the rugged majesty of its mountains ({{bible verse|Psalm|68:15|KJV}}). Bashan is also mentioned in {{bible verse|1 Chronicles|5:16|KJV}}: "[The [[Tribe of Gad|Gadites]]] lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended."