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Joshua 12:4

in Joshua 12

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in Joshua 12

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Coast of Og king of Bashan - Concerning this person see the notes on Deu 3:11, and on Num 21:35, etc. The remnant or the giants - Or, Rephaim. See the notes on Gen 6:4; Gen 14:5, and Deu 2:7, Deu 2:11.

This site's exposition

And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim

on Joshua 12:4-6

Og is named “the remnant of the Rephaim”, and his seat Ashtaroth is where Genesis 14:5 places the Rephaim struck by Chedorlaomer. Deuteronomy 3:11 alone gives his measure, an iron bed nine cubits long. Verse 6 records the grant of Numbers 32:33 as settled before any western king is named.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8 · Written before 373.

proposed

Whoever believes in me will also do the works which I do, and will do even greater ones. And where is this word which he said, "The disciple is not greater than his master" [illustrated]? For example, Moses killed only three kings, but Joshua killed …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Moses had described this country very particularly ( Deut. ii. 4 , &c.), and this description here agrees with his. King Og is said to dwell at Ashtaroth and Edrei (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), probably because they were both his royal cities; he had palaces in both, and resided sometimes in one and sometimes in the other; one perhaps was his summer seat and the other his winter seat.

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And the coast of Og king of Bashan,.... The country that he reigned over, who was another king of the Amorites, smitten by Israel in the times of Moses: which was of the remnant of the giants; See Gill on Deu 3:11, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei; of which two places see Deu 1:4; it seems as if Og had a palace in each of those cities, and sometimes was at one and sometimes at another, as is usual with kings.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

Half of the Gilod, the boundry of Sichon. That was the border of Sichon’s domain, as we said above, 1 See Verse. that half of Gilod was his, and this second half was Og’s.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Joshua 12:5:1, via Sefaria, The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּגְב֗וּלand [the] territory of

    ugevulH1366 →240 times

  • ע֚וֹגOg

    ogH5747 →22 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • הַבָּשָׁ֔ן<the> Bashan

    habashanH1316 →60 times

  • מִיֶּ֖תֶרone of [the] remnant of

    miyeterH3499 →102 times

  • הָרְפָאִ֑יםthe Rephaites

    harefaimH7497 →25 times

  • הַיּוֹשֵׁ֥בwho dwelt

    haiyoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹתin Ashtaroth

    beashtarotH6252 →12 times

  • וּבְאֶדְרֶֽעִי׃and in Edrei

    uveedreiH154 →8 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 21:21–35

      Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

    • Joshua 12:2–6

      Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of…

    • Joshua 13:10–12

      and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

    • Deuteronomy 2:26

      So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

    • 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.

  • Through

    Joshua 13:12

    the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,

    it leads to

    • Numbers 21:23–35

      But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

    • Deuteronomy 3:10–11

      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.

    • Joshua 14:3–4

      For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.