Study it in the app“(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Look, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its width, by the cubit of a man.)”
(ForכִּיonlyרַקOgעוֹגkingמֶלֶךְof Bashanהַבָּשָׁןwas leftנִשְׁאַרof the remnantמִיֶּתֶרof the Rephaim.הָרְפָאִיםLook,הִנֵּהhis bedעַרְשׂוֹwas a bedעֶרֶשׂof iron.בַּרְזֶלIs it notהֲלֹה הִואin Rabbahבְּרַבַּתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon?עַמּוֹןNineתֵּשַׁעcubitsאַמּוֹתwas its lengthאָרְכָּהּand fourוְאַרְבַּעcubitsאַמּוֹתits width,רָחְבָּהּby the cubitבְּאַמַּתof a man.)אִישׁ
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appearsremain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishar” appearsrest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appearsRephaim
An ancient people of very tall men.
Where else “refaim” appearsbed, couch
Bed, couch.
Where else “ars” appearsiron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appearsRabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “rabat” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearsnine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appearscubit
About 45 centimeters: from the bent arm to the fingertips.
Where else “amot” appearslength
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “arka” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearswidth
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachba” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsNine cubits by four is about four meters by almost two. “The cubit of a man” is the ordinary cubit, from the elbow to the tip of the fingers.
1Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
2Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
10all the cities of the plateau, all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
11 · This verse (above)
12This land we took possession of at that time. From Aroer, which is by the Wadi Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
