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10 and took in the towns that had belonged to Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon. Some of these towns were as far east as the Ammonite border.

11-12 Geshur and Maacah were part of this region, and so was the whole territory that King Og had ruled, that is, Gilead, Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far east as Salecah. Og had lived in Ashtaroth part of each year, and he had lived in Edrei the rest of the year. Og had been one of the last of the Rephaim,[a] but Moses had defeated Sihon and Og and their people[b] and had forced them to leave their land.

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Footnotes

  1. 13.11,12 Rephaim: See the note at 12.4.
  2. 13.11,12 Sihon … people: Or “the Rephaim.”

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