Joshua 13:12
in Joshua 13the 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,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses smite, and drove them out.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAll the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,.... See Gill on Jos 12:4, who remained of the remnant of the giants; was descended from those that remained in Ashtaroth, after the rest were cut off by Chedorlaomer, Gen 14:5; called there the Rephaim, as here: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out: that is, not only the giants, but the inhabitants of the above kingdom, the greatest part of them; for the Geshurites and the Maachathites are excepted in Jos 13:13.
This site's exposition
along with the Reubenites and Gadites
on Joshua 13:8-14
The east side is land Moses had already given, so Sihon and Og's defeat and the request of Numbers 32 stand without being reopened. Geshur and Maacath "dwell among the Israelites to this day", and Henry lays that on Israel's faith, prayers and endeavours rather than on God's promise.
This site's exposition
Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them
John Gill joins Og's line to the Rephaim defeated at Ashteroth-karnaim in Genesis 14:5. He takes the words struck them down and dispossessed them to cover the people of Og's kingdom as well as the giants. He then notes the exception that verse 13 makes.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
From the remnant of the giants— who were slain by Kedorlaomeir and the kings who were aligned with him, as it is said, “And they struck the Rephaim in Ashteros Karnayim.” 8 Bereishis:5.
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. 6 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
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַמְלְכ֥וּת | mamlekhut | [the] kingdom of | H4468 → | 9 times |
| עוֹג֙ | ʾog | Og | H5747 → | 22 times |
| בַּבָּשָׁ֔ן | babashan | in <the> Bashan | H1316 → | 60 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מָלַ֥ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹת | beashtarot | in Ashtaroth | H6252 → | 12 times |
| וּבְאֶדְרֶ֑עִי | uveedrei | and in Edrei | H154 → | 8 times |
| ה֤וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| נִשְׁאַר֙ | nishar | he was left | H7604 → | 133 times |
| מִיֶּ֣תֶר | miyeter | one of [the] remnant of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָרְפָאִ֔ים | harefaim | the Rephaites | H7497 → | 25 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֥ם | vaiyakem | and he had defeated them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם׃ | vaiyorishem | and he had dispossessed them | H3423 → | 231 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מַמְלְכ֥וּת[the] kingdom of
mamlekhutH4468 →9 times
עוֹג֙Og
ʾogH5747 →22 times
בַּבָּשָׁ֔ןin <the> Bashan
babashanH1316 →60 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
מָלַ֥ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בְּעַשְׁתָּר֖וֹתin Ashtaroth
beashtarotH6252 →12 times
וּבְאֶדְרֶ֑עִיand in Edrei
uveedreiH154 →8 times
ה֤וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
נִשְׁאַר֙he was left
nisharH7604 →133 times
מִיֶּ֣תֶרone of [the] remnant of
miyeterH3499 →102 times
הָרְפָאִ֔יםthe Rephaites
harefaimH7497 →25 times
וַיַּכֵּ֥םand he had defeated them
vaiyakemH5221 →499 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם׃and he had dispossessed them
vaiyorishemH3423 →231 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 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
Joshua 12:4And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
it leads to
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 3:1–7
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.
- Deuteronomy 1:4
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
