Deuteronomy 3:1-11
New Living Translation
Victory over Og of Bashan
3 “Next we turned and headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his entire army attacked us at Edrei. 2 But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’
3 “So the Lord our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived. 4 We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest. 5 These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time. 6 We completely destroyed[a] the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike. 7 But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.
8 “So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon. 9 (Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.) 10 We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide.[b] It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
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Deuteronomy 3:1-11
International Standard Version
Israel Defeats the King of Bashan
3 “We set out and went up along the road to Bashan. Then King Og of Bashan came out to meet us—he and his whole army—for a battle at Edrei. 2 Then the Lord told me, ‘Don’t fear him, because I’ve delivered him, his army, and his territory into your control. Do to him just as you have done to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’
3 “So the Lord our God also delivered into our control King Og of Bashan, along with his whole army. We attacked him until there were no survivors.[a] 4 Then we captured all his cities at that time. There was not a city left that we didn’t capture from them—60 cities in all from the region of Argob, which is part of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All of these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars. Furthermore, there were very many unwalled regions. 6 We utterly destroyed them, just as we did King Sihon of Heshbon, attacking them in every city—the men, women, and children. 7 But we kept for ourselves all of the livestock and plunder from the towns.
8 “So at that time, we took control from the two Amorite kings the territory east of the Jordan from Wadi[b] Arnon to Mount Hermon. 9 (The Sidonians called Hermon Sirion, but the Amorites called it Senir.) 10 We took control of[c] all the cities of the plain, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 Only King Og of Bashan remained from the remnants of the Rephaim.[d] In fact, his bed was made of iron. It’s in Rabbah of the Ammonites, isn’t it? It was nine cubits[e] long and four cubits[f] wide.”
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- Deuteronomy 3:3 Lit. survivors left to him
- Deuteronomy 3:8 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- Deuteronomy 3:10 The Heb. lacks We took control of
- Deuteronomy 3:11 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33
- Deuteronomy 3:11 I.e. about thirteen and a half feet long
- Deuteronomy 3:11 I.e. about six feet
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