Psalms 22:12

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Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

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Bashan was a fertile, well-watered region east of the Jordan, famed for its strong cattle and bulls. In the psalmist’s imagery, the “strong bulls of Bashan” portray powerful, threatening enemies surrounding the suffering righteous one, intensifying his sense of danger and abandonment.

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Psalms 22:12 mentions Bashan.