a name derived from "Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of Manasseh ( Joshua 20:8 ; 21:27 ; Deuteronomy 4:43 ). This was one of the provinces ruled by Herod Antipas. It lay to the east of the Lake of Galilee, and included among its towns Bethsaida-Julias ( Mark 8:22 ) and Seleucia.