Golan

Golan [N] [E] [H]

(circle ), a city of Bashan, ( 4:43 ) allotted out of the half tribe of Manasseh to the Levites, ( Joshua 21:27 ) and one of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan. ch ( Joshua 20:8 ) Its very site is now unknown. It gave its name to the province of Gaulanitis. It lay east of Galilee and north of Gadaritis [GADARA], and corresponds to the modern province of Jaulan .


[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Golan'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.