Bashan

Numbers

Snakes, Songs, and Straight-Up Conquests

Bashan is the fertile territory east of the Jordan that Israel moves toward here, triggering Og's defensive military response and becoming the site of their second consecutive total conquest in this chapter.

Numbers

We'll Fight, But We're Staying Here

Bashan is the fertile northern plateau — Og's former kingdom — that Moses assigns to Manasseh's half-tribe as part of the eastern land distribution.

Deuteronomy

Moses' Recap Episode

Bashan is the territory of the recently defeated king Og — its conquest is cited as evidence of God's military backing as Moses establishes context for the address he's about to give.

Joshua

Israel's Win Streak: The Full Highlight Reel

Bashan is Og's kingdom — the fertile plateau east of the Sea of Galilee that was among the first major territories claimed in the conquest and distributed to Israel's tribes.

Joshua

Stop Complaining and Start Clearing Trees

Bashan is assigned to Machir alongside Gilead as his reward for military valor — its fertile plateau east of the Jordan representing prime agricultural and strategic territory.

Joshua

Six Safe Houses for When Things Go Wrong

Bashan is the fertile northern plateau east of the Jordan where Golan was established as a refuge city, completing the six-city grid and ensuring coverage across the full extent of Israelite territory.

1 Kings

Solomon's Kingdom Was Running Like a Fortune 500

Bashan is named here as the territory once ruled by Og before Israel's conquest — now part of Geber son of Uri's administrative district, its former giant king reduced to a historical footnote.

Psalms

His Love Never Runs Out

Bashan is the territory east of the Jordan ruled by King Og — its conquest is highlighted here as one of God's decisive military acts on behalf of Israel during the wilderness campaign.

Isaiah

Every Flex Gets Humbled

Bashan's famous oaks stand here as another emblem of impressive, rooted strength — listed alongside Lebanon's cedars as nature's greatest 'flexes,' all brought low on the Day of the LORD.

Amos

God Kept Trying and Y'all Kept Ignoring

Bashan is the source of the central metaphor in this passage — its reputation for well-fed, pampered cattle gives the "cows of Bashan" insult its full sting, comparing Samaria's wealthy women to livestock fattened on others' suffering.

Zechariah

The Shepherd Nobody Wanted

God tells Zechariah to play the role of a good shepherd over a doomed flock — and they value him at thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave. Five centuries before Judas, this chapter spelled out exactly how Israel would treat its Messiah and what happens when you trade the real shepherd for a fake one.