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Next, Moses and the Israelites defeated King Og of Bashan,[a] 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.[b] His kingdom stretched north to Mount Hermon, east to the town of Salecah, and included the land of Bashan as far west as the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. He also ruled the northern half of Gilead.

(A) Moses, the Lord's servant, had led the people of Israel in defeating Sihon and Og. Then Moses gave their land to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.4 King Og of Bashan: See Numbers 21.33-35.
  2. 12.4 Rephaim: Perhaps a group of very large people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites (see Deuteronomy 2.10,11, 20,21).

And the territory of Og king of Bashan,(A) one of the last of the Rephaites,(B) who reigned in Ashtaroth(C) and Edrei.

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,(D) all of Bashan(E) to the border of the people of Geshur(F) and Maakah,(G) and half of Gilead(H) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them.(I) And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.(J)

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

And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

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