Bashan was a very fertile region, recorded in the Bible as a wealthy place.
Psalm 22:12Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring, that we may drink!”
Deuteronomy 32:14curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the finest of the wheat—and you drank the blood of the grape, rich wine.
This region was ruled by King Og of Bashan and was defeated during the Canaanite conquest.
Numbers 21:33Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.Numbers 21:34But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”Numbers 21:35So they struck him and his sons and all his people, until there was none left alive, and they took possession of his land.
Afterward, this land was distributed to the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Deuteronomy 3:13The rest of Gilead, and all Argob, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan—that is, all Bashan—I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (Formerly Bashan was called the land of Rephaim.
Among the famous places in this region is Golan, which is still an important area in the modern state of Israel.