Deuteronomy 3:1-11

Contemporary English Version

The Defeat of King Og of Bashan

(Numbers 21.31-35)

Moses said to Israel:

3 When we turned onto the road that leads to Bashan, King Og of Bashan led out his whole army to fight us at Edrei. ² But the Lord told me, “Moses, don't be afraid of King Og. I am going to help you defeat him and his army and take over his land. Destroy him and his people, just as you did with the Amorite King Sihon of Heshbon.”

^3-6 The Lord our God helped us destroy Og and his army and conquer his entire kingdom of Bashan, including the Argob region. His kingdom had lots of villages and 60 towns with high walls and gates that locked with bars. We completely destroyed^[a] them all, killing everyone, ⁷ but keeping the livestock and everything else of value.

⁸ Sihon and Og had ruled Amorite kingdoms east of the Jordan River. Their land stretched from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north, and we captured it all. ⁹ Mount Hermon is called Mount Sirion by the people of Sidon, and it is called Mount Senir by the Amorites. ¹⁰ We captured all the towns in the highlands, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, two of the towns that Og had ruled.

Og's Coffin

¹¹ King Og was the last of the Rephaim,^[b] and his coffin^[c] is in the town of Rabbah in Ammon. It is made of hard black rock^[d] and is four meters long and almost two meters wide.