Bashan (n; הַבָּשָׁן, ha-Bashan; Basan or Basanitis) is a biblical place first mentioned in {bibleverse||Genesis|14:5|NIV}, where it is said that Chedorlaomer and his confederates `smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth`, where Og the king of Bashan had his residence. At the time of Israel`s entrance into the Promised Land, Og came out against......