Deuteronomy 3:11
in Deuteronomy 3(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.)
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Giants - Or Rephaim: see the marginal reference note. A bedstead of iron - The “iron” was probably the black basalt of the country, which not only contains a large proportion, about 20 percent, of iron, but was actually called “iron,” and is still so regarded by the Arabians. Iron was indeed both known and used, principally for tools (see e. g. Deu 19:5 and compare Gen 4:22 note), at the date in question by the Semitic people of Palestine and the adjoining countries; but bronze was the ordinary metal of which weapons, articles of furniture, etc., were made.
This site's exposition
For only Og king of Bashan had remained
Og is the last of "the remnant of the Rephaim". His "bed of iron", about thirteen feet by six, stood in Rabbah for readers then to check.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In Rabbath - Where it might now be, either because the Ammonites in some former battle with Og, had taken it as a spoil: or because after Og's death, the Ammonites desired to have this monument of his greatness, and the Israelites permitted them to carry it away to their chief city. Nine cubits - So his bed was four yards and an half long, and two yards broad.
); his personal strength was extraordinary, a monument of which was preserved by the Ammonites in his bedstead, which was shown as a rarity in their chief city.
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For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
To avoid this, some eminent critics take the Hebrew word rendered "bedstead" to mean "coffin." They think that the king of Bashan having been wounded in battle, fled to Rabbath, where he died and was buried; hence the dimensions of his "coffin" are given [DATHE, ROOS].
Og king of Bashan remained - Og was the last king of the Amorites; his kingdom appears to have taken its name from the hill of Bashan; the country has been since called Batanaea. Remnant of giants - Of the Rephaim. See on Deu 2:10 (note), Deu 2:11 (note). His bedstead was - of iron - Iron was probably used partly for its strength and durability, and partly to prevent noxious vermin from harbouring in it. Is it not in Rabbath, of the children of Ammon? - The bedstead was probably taken in some battle between the Ammonites and Amorites, in which the former had gained the victory. The bedstead was carried a trophy and placed in Rabbath, which appears, from 2Sa 12:26, to have been the royal city of the children of Ammon. Nine cubits was the length - four cubits the breadth - Allowing the bedstead to have been one cubit longer than Og, which is certainly sufficient, and allowing the cubit to be about eighteen inches long, for this is perhaps the average of the cubit of a man, then Og was twelve feet high. This may be deemed extraordinary, and perhaps almost incredible, and therefore many commentators have, according to their fancy, lengthened the bedstead and shortened the man, making the former one-third longer than the person who lay on it, that they might reduce Og to six cubits; but even in this way they make him at least nine feet high. On this subject the rabbins have trifled most sinfully. I shall give one specimen. […]
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| רַק־ | rak- | only | H7535 → | 109 times |
| ע֞וֹג | og | Og | H5747 → | 22 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַבָּשָׁ֗ן | habashan | <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| נִשְׁאַר֮ | nishar | he survived | H7604 → | 133 times |
| מִיֶּ֣תֶר | miyeter | from [the] remnant of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָרְפָאִים֒ | harefaim | the Rephaites | H7497 → | 25 times |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | hineh | there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| עַרְשׂוֹ֙ | arso | sarcophagus his | H6210 → | |
| עֶ֣רֶשׂ | ʾeres | [was] a sarcophagus of | H6210 → | |
| בַּרְזֶ֔ל | barzel | iron | H1270 → | 76 times |
| הֲלֹ֣ה | haloh | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הִ֔וא | hi' | [is] it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בְּרַבַּ֖ת | berabat | in Rabbah of | H7237 → | |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֑וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| תֵּ֧שַׁע | tesha' | [was] nine | H8672 → | |
| אַמּ֣וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| אָרְכָּ֗הּ | ʾarekah | length its | H753 → | |
| וְאַרְבַּ֥ע | vearba' | and [was] four | H702 → | |
| אַמּ֛וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| רָחְבָּ֖הּ | rachebah | breadth its | H7341 → | |
| בְּאַמַּת־ | beamat- | by a cubit of | H520 → | 247 times |
| אִֽישׁ׃ | ʾish | a human | H376 → | 1663 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
רַק־only
rak-H7535 →109 times
ע֞וֹגOg
ogH5747 →22 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
הַבָּשָׁ֗ן<the> Bashan
habashanH1316 →60 times
נִשְׁאַר֮he survived
nisharH7604 →133 times
מִיֶּ֣תֶרfrom [the] remnant of
miyeterH3499 →102 times
הָרְפָאִים֒the Rephaites
harefaimH7497 →25 times
הִנֵּ֤הthere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
עַרְשׂוֹ֙sarcophagus his
arsoH6210 →
עֶ֣רֶשׂ[was] a sarcophagus of
ʾeresH6210 →
בַּרְזֶ֔לiron
barzelH1270 →76 times
הֲלֹ֣ה¿ not
halohH3808 →5168 times
הִ֔וא[is] it
hi'H1931 →1879 times
בְּרַבַּ֖תin Rabbah of
berabatH7237 →
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֑וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
תֵּ֧שַׁע[was] nine
tesha'H8672 →
אַמּ֣וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
אָרְכָּ֗הּlength its
ʾarekahH753 →
וְאַרְבַּ֥עand [was] four
vearba'H702 →
אַמּ֛וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
רָחְבָּ֖הּbreadth its
rachebahH7341 →
בְּאַמַּת־by a cubit of
beamat-H520 →247 times
אִֽישׁ׃a human
ʾishH376 →1663 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 2:9Yet 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…
it leads to
- Job 18:16
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
- Job 18:16
Through
Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm…
- Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 4:19
Through
Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:10–11
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
- Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
- Deuteronomy 2:10–11
Through
2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 20:1–3
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained…
- 1 Chronicles 20:1–3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.