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Al-Lajat ((アラビア語:اللجاة)) is a region located in southern Syria east of the Jordan River, on an island of rock which was approximately by , and rose 20 or above the table-land of Bashan. The region is known by several names. In the Hebrew Bible it was known as Argob ((ヘブライ語:ארגוב ''Argov'') / (アラビア語:أرجوب)), and in the New Testament it is called Trachonitis. In addition, its modern-day title has multiple spellings in English, including Lajat, Lejat and Lajah and El-Leja. ==History== An extremely rugged region, sixty walled cities were on the island, which was ruled over by Og at the time of the Israelite conquest (; ). Later, Lajat, in Bashan, was one of Solomon's commissariat districts. In Luke's Gospel, the region was called ''Trachonitis'' ("the rugged region") ((Luke 3:1 )). This region formed part of Herod Philip's tetrarchy - it is only referred to once, in the phrase ''tes Itouraias kai Trachbnitidos choras'', literally, "of the Iturean and Trachonian region". El-Leja was designated a World Biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2009. :Here "sixty walled cities are still traceable in a space of 308 square miles. The architecture is ponderous and massive. Solid walls 4 feet thick, and stones on one another without cement; the roofs enormous slabs of basaltic rock, like iron; the doors and gates are of stone 18 inches thick, secured by ponderous bars. The land bears still the appearance of having been called the 'land of giants' under the giant Og." :"I have more than once entered a deserted city in the evening, taken possession of a comfortable house, and spent the night in peace. Many of the houses in the ancient cities of Bashan are perfect, as if only finished yesterday. The walls are sound, the roofs unbroken, and even the window-shutters in their places. These ancient cities of Bashan probably contain the very oldest specimens of domestic architecture in the world" (Porter, 1867). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lajat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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