Batanaea

Batanaea

Batanaea or Batanea (the Hellenized/Latinised form of Bashan) was an area of the Biblical Holy Land, north-east of the Jordan River, to the east of Trachonitis. It was one of the four post-Exile divisions of the area of Bashan. Now known as Ard-el-Bathanyeh, it runs north-south along the east side of the Lejah and the Hauran, from Salkhad on the south, to Tells Khaledyeh and Asfar on the north. It is, on average, 12 miles wide, and for 30 miles along it extends the Gebel Hauran, a range of hills, whose central plateau is 2670ft above sea level and whose highest point is 6400ft. Its highest peak may be the "Hill of Basan" referred to in Psalm 68.15.

In the first century BCE the land was acquired by Herod the Great, and on his death in 4 BC passed to his son Philip as part of his inheritance. In some sources Philip is referred to as Tetrarch of Batanea, though his lands were more extensive than this.On his death in 34 CE Batanea passed to Herod Agrippa I, and in 53 CE to his son, Herod Agrippa II. Following his death, however it was annexed to the Roman province of Syria.

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