a name derived from "Golan" (q.v.), one of the cities of refuge in the territory of Manasseh (Jos 20:8; 21:27; De 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 (Mr 8:22) and Seleucia.