533 - Victory over Og of Bashan

533 - Victory over Og of Bashan

Moses continued (the history lesson for the children of Israel), 

“Next we turned and headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his entire army attacked us, at Edrei. 

But, the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og …and his entire army, and I will give you all, of his land. 

Treat him, just as you treated King Sihon, of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’ 

“So, the Lord, our God, handed King Og …and all his people, over to us, and we killed them all. 

Not a single person survived. 

We conquered all sixty, of his towns—the entire Argob region, in his kingdom, of Bashan. 

Not a single town escaped our conquest. 

These towns were all fortified, with high walls and barred gates. 

We also took many unwalled villages, at the same time. 

We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon, of Heshbon. 

We destroyed all the people, in every town we conquered—men, women, …and children, alike. 

But, we kept all the livestock, for ourselves …and took plunder, from all the towns. 

“So, we took the land, of the two Amorite kings, east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge …to Mount Hermon. 

(Mount Hermon is called Sirion, by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.) 

We had now conquered all the cities, on the plateau …and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og’s kingdom, in Bashan. 

(King Og, of Bashan, was the last survivor, of the giant Rephaites. 

His bed was made of iron …and was more than thirteen feet long …and six feet wide. 

It can still be seen, in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.) 

Deuteronomy 3:1–11 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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