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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. 13 However, the Israelites did not force the people of Geshur and Maacah to leave, and they still live there among the Israelites.

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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.”

11 It also included Gilead,(A) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(B) 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(C) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(D) and Edrei.(E) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(F)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(G) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(H) and Maakah,(I) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(J)

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