place
Bashan
בָּשָׁן
- verses
- 53
- first named
- Numbers 21:33
- last named
- Zechariah 11:2
- feature
- mountain
Description
Bashan in the text
Bashan was a region located east of the Jordan River, known for its fertile land, lush pastures, and abundant livestock. It was conquered by the Israelites during the time of Moses, along with the territories of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan (Numbers 21:33; Deu.3.1-11). The land of Bashan was allotted to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Numbers 32:33; Joshua 13:29-31).
The region was known for its strong oak trees (Isaiah 2:13; Ezk.27.6) and its well-nourished cattle, often referred to as the "bulls of Bashan" (Deu.32.14; Psalm 22:12; Amo.4.1). It was also famous for its rich pastures (Jeremiah 50:19; Micah 7:14) and its fertile soil, which was well-suited for growing crops (Psalm 135:11; 136:20).
Bashan was one of the regions from which Solomon received supplies for his royal court (1Ki.4.13). It was also the homeland of Golan, one of the cities of refuge designated by Moses (Deu.4.43; Joshua 20:8; 21:27).
Several Old Testament passages use Bashan as a symbol of God's power and judgment (Psalm 68:15, 22; Isaiah 33:9; Jeremiah 22:20; Ezk.39.18; Zechariah 11:2). The region was also mentioned in the context of God's blessings and provision for His people (Deu.33.22; Nehemiah 9:22).
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The pattern
Where Bashan is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
53 verses across 15 of 66 books; 51 write the name nowhere. Named in Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (13), Joshua (13), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (5), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1) and Zechariah (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 53, across 15 books. The name is written 60 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Deuteronomy 3Bashan was the road’s destination, Og’s kingdom, and the land taken after Og and his army came out to battle.
- Deuteronomy 29Bashan was named as Og’s kingdom when he came out against Israel.
- Joshua 17Bashan belongs to Machir’s allotment with Gilead beyond the Jordan.
- 1 Chronicles 5Bashan was home to the Gadites and part of the settlement of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Psalms 22Bashan supplies the strong bulls that encircle the speaker.
- Psalms 68Bashan appears as the mountain of God and as the place from which God will retrieve His foes.
- Psalms 135Bashan is named as the kingdom of Og, whose land is given as an inheritance.
- Psalms 136Bashan was the kingdom of Og, whose land was given as an inheritance.
6 more chapters, from Isaiah 33 to Zechariah 11
- Isaiah 33Bashan shakes off its leaves.
- Jeremiah 22Bashan is summoned to hear a cry over the crushed lovers and coming humiliation.
- Ezekiel 27Bashan supplied the oaks used for Tyre’s oars.
- Micah 7Bashan is offered as pasture for the flock of the inheritance.
- Nahum 1Bashan withers before the LORD’s rebuke.
- Zechariah 11Bashan’s oaks are told to wail as its dense forest is cut down.
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