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GOLAN

(Heb. gôlān)

A town (Deut. 4:43), possibly Saḥm el-Jōlân (238243), allotted to Manasseh and given to the Gershonite Levites as a city of refuge (Josh. 20:8; 21:27; 1 Chr. 6:71[MT 56]). The western part of Bashan (Hauran) was known as Gaulanitis (Josephus Ant. 17.8.1 [189]) in the Hellenistic period and later. It was ruled by Herod the Great (23-4 b.c.) and his descendants Herod Philip (4 b.c.–a.d. 34), Agrippa I (37-44) and Agrippa II (53-85) before becoming part of the province of Syria in 106. Recent excavations and surveys indicate that the region has been occupied from Paleolithic to modern times.

Bibliography. Z. U. Maʿoz, N. Goren-Inbar, and C. Epstein, “Golan,” NEAEHL 2:525-46.

Paul J. Ray, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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