Batanea
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Batanea was an area north-east of the Jordan river, to the east of Trachonitis. It was created after the Exile from a division of the land of Bashan. In the first century BCE the land was aquired 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 refered 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. Today the region is known as Ard-el-Bathanyeh.
This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
