Joshua 12:4
New International Version
And the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

New Living Translation
King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.

English Standard Version
and Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei

Berean Standard Bible
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

King James Bible
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

New King James Version
The other king was Og king of Bashan and his territory, who was of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

New American Standard Bible
and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

NASB 1995
and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

NASB 1977
and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Legacy Standard Bible
and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei

Amplified Bible
and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Christian Standard Bible
King Og of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

American Standard Version
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Contemporary English Version
Next, Moses and the Israelites defeated King Og of Bashan, who lived in the town of Ashtaroth part of each year and in Edrei the rest of the year. Og was one of the last of the Rephaim.

English Revised Version
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The territory of King Og of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei was captured. He was the last of the Rephaim.

Good News Translation
They also defeated King Og of Bashan, who was one of the last of the Rephaim; he ruled at Ashtaroth and Edrei.

International Standard Version
The territory of Og king of Bashan was conquered. He was one of the last of the Rephaim, and lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei,

Majority Standard Bible
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

NET Bible
The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei

New Heart English Bible
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

World English Bible
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the border of Og king of Bashan (of the remnant of the Rephaim), who is dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,

Young's Literal Translation
And the border of Og king of Bashan (of the remnant of the Rephaim), who is dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the bound of Og, king of Bashan, being left of the Rephaims dwelling in Aahtaroth and in Edrei,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The border of Og the king of Basan, of the remnant of the Raphaims who dwelt in Astaroth, and in Edrai, and had dominion in mount Hermon, and in Salecha, and in all Basan, unto the herders

Catholic Public Domain Version
to the border of Og, the king of Bashan; from the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth, and at Edrei, and who had dominion on mount Hermon, and at Salecah, and into all of Bashan, even to its limits;

New American Bible
Secondly, the border of Og, king of Bashan, a survivor of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.

New Revised Standard Version
and King Og of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the territory of Og king of Bashan, who was of the family of giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Erdei,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the border of Oog King of Bayshan, from a family of giants which was dwelling in Estruth and in Ardi
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Kings Defeated East of the Jordan
3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah. 4And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. 5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Numbers 21:33-35
Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei. / But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” / So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.

Deuteronomy 3:1-3
Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. / But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” / So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.

Numbers 21:24
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.

Deuteronomy 2:24-25
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

Deuteronomy 2:31-33
Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.” / So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz. / And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.

Deuteronomy 3:8-10
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon— / which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir— / all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

Deuteronomy 29:7-8
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them. / We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Psalm 135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

Psalm 136:19-20
Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. / and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever.

1 Chronicles 5:23
Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

Nehemiah 9:22
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.

Amos 2:9-10
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. / And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Acts 13:19
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

Hebrews 11:30-31
By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. / By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.


Treasury of Scripture

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelled at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

the coast

Numbers 21:33-35
And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei…

Deuteronomy 3:1-7,10
Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei…

the remnant

Joshua 13:12
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

dwelt

Deuteronomy 1:4
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

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Joshua 12
1. The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of
7. The thirty-one kings on the other side of Jordan which Joshua smote














And Og king of Bashan
Og was a significant figure in the conquest narratives of the Israelites. As the king of Bashan, he ruled over a region known for its fertile lands and strong fortifications. Bashan was located east of the Jordan River, in what is now modern-day Syria. Og's defeat is recounted in Numbers 21:33-35 and Deuteronomy 3:1-11, highlighting the Israelites' victory over formidable opponents. The mention of Og emphasizes the power and might of the enemies Israel faced and overcame with God's help.

one of the remnant of the Rephaim
The Rephaim were a group of ancient people known for their great size and strength, often associated with giants in biblical texts. The term "remnant" suggests that Og was one of the last of these mighty people, indicating a dwindling lineage. The Rephaim are mentioned in Genesis 14:5 and Deuteronomy 2:10-11, where they are described as formidable warriors. Og's association with the Rephaim underscores the miraculous nature of Israel's victory, as they were able to conquer even the most daunting foes through divine intervention.

who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei
Ashtaroth and Edrei were significant cities in the region of Bashan. Ashtaroth was a center of worship for the Canaanite goddess Astarte, indicating the presence of pagan religious practices. Edrei was another major city, known as the site of Og's final battle with the Israelites. The mention of these cities provides geographical context for Og's reign and the extent of his kingdom. The conquest of these cities by the Israelites is a testament to God's promise to deliver the land into their hands, as seen in Deuteronomy 3:1-3.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Og, King of Bashan
Og was a formidable king, described as one of the last of the Rephaim, a group of ancient giants. His defeat by the Israelites under Moses' leadership is a testament to God's power and faithfulness to His promises.

2. Bashan
A fertile region east of the Jordan River, known for its strong cities and mighty warriors. It was part of the land promised to the Israelites.

3. Rephaim
A term used to describe a group of ancient giants. The Rephaim were considered powerful and intimidating, yet they were defeated by the Israelites, demonstrating God's sovereignty.

4. Ashtaroth
A city in Bashan, associated with the worship of the Canaanite goddess Astarte. It was one of the royal cities of Og.

5. Edrei
Another significant city in Bashan, where Og was defeated by the Israelites. It symbolizes the victory of God's people over seemingly insurmountable odds.
Teaching Points
God's Sovereignty Over Giants
Just as God delivered Og into the hands of the Israelites, He is sovereign over the "giants" in our lives. We can trust Him to overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable.

Faith in God's Promises
The defeat of Og is a reminder that God is faithful to His promises. We are called to trust in His word and His timing, even when facing daunting challenges.

Spiritual Warfare
The battle against Og symbolizes the spiritual battles we face. We must rely on God's strength and guidance to overcome spiritual adversaries.

Victory Through Obedience
The Israelites' victory was contingent on their obedience to God's commands. Our spiritual victories often require us to follow God's instructions faithfully.Verse 4. - The giants. Hebrew, Rephaim cf. Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20; also Joshua 17:15). The word, according to Ewald, is equivalent to "stretched out." It was also applied to the dead. The Rephaim were one of the various tribes of giants, like the Anakims, Zuzims, and Emims, of whom we read in the land of Canaan. They occupied the land of Bashan and "half Gilead" - that is, its northern portion (see Deuteronomy 3:13). The term "remnant" would imply that they had suffered some reverses at the hands of the other tribes, though they still remained in possession of their populous territory in the north. This view is confirmed by Genesis 14:5. Ashtaroth (see note on Joshua 9:10). Edrei. Or "the strong city," "the city of the arm," according to Gesen., 'Thes.,' s.v. This name, together with the immense number of ruined cities which have been found of late years in a marvellous state of preservation in this region, shows that Og was a powerful monarch. The ease with which he was overcome bears witness to the enervating effects of luxury and licentiousness upon a people of strong physique, vast numbers, and high civilisation.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Og
ע֚וֹג (‘ō·wḡ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5747: Og -- king of Bashan

king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Bashan,
הַבָּשָׁ֔ן (hab·bā·šān)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1316: Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan

one of the remnant
מִיֶּ֖תֶר (mî·ye·ṯer)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope

of the Rephaim,
הָרְפָאִ֑ים (hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 7497: Rephaim -- inhabitants of an area East of the Jordan

who lived
הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥ב (hay·yō·wō·šêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in Ashtaroth
בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת (bə·‘aš·tā·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6252: A place East of the Jordan

and Edrei.
וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃ (ū·ḇə·’eḏ·re·‘î)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 154: Edrei -- a chief city of Bashan, also a place in Naphtali


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