Deuteronomy 3:11
9 which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
10 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.
(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.)
12 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
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- BSB
- (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.)
- 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.
- WEB
- (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man.)
- 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.)
- DARBY
- For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the residue of giants: behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? its length was nine cubits, and its breadth four cubits, after the cubit of a man.
- BLB
- (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bed [was] an iron bed. [Is] it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits [is] its length and four cubits its width by the standard cubit.)
- ÅB
- for Og, kongen i Basan, var den siste som var tilbake av refa'ittene; hans seng, som er av jern, står, som alle vet, i ammonitterbyen Rabba; den er ni alen lang og fire alen bred, alnen regnet etter lengden av en manns underarm.
- OTB
- (Og, kongen av Basan, var den siste av refaittene. Hans seng var laget av jern og var mer enn ni alen lang og fire alen bred. Den er fortsatt i Rabba hos ammonittene.)
- B1930
- for Og, kongen i Basan, var den siste som var tilbake av refa'ittene; hans seng, som er av jern, står, som alle vet, i ammonitterbyen Rabba; den er ni alen lang og fire alen bred, alnen regnet efter lengden av en manns underarm.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 14:5
In 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,
Read in context2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:2
Therefore, 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. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:20
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Samuel 11:1
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
Read in contextAmos 1:14
So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:11
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
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