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4 The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites,[a] who lived[b] in Ashtaroth and Edrei 5 and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

6 Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord’s servant assigned their land[c] to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 12:4 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
  2. Joshua 12:4 tn Or perhaps “who reigned.”
  3. Joshua 12:6 tn Heb “gave it for a possession.”