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Golan Heights (רמת הגולן, rmt hgwln; “Ramat ha-Golan”). An area of highlands, mountains, and volcanic ash cones northeast of the Sea of Galilee; composed of the regions previously called Bashan, Karnaim, and Gaulanitis. A refuge city called Golan was located in Bashan (Deut 4:43; Josh 20:8; 21:27; 1 Chr 6:71). The region has been called the Golan Heights only since the 19th century.
The Golan Heights has been inhabited and fought over for millennia. The area provides 15 percent of modern Israel’s water supply. Israel regained control of the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six Day War of 1967.
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