THEN
we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out
against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
2 And the
LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people,
and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto
Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
3 So the
LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the
king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him
until none was left to him remaining.
4 And we
took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from
them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
5 All
these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
6 And we
utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly
destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7 But all
the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
8 And we
took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land
that was on this side Jordan, from the river
of Arnon unto mount
Hermon;
9 (Which
Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
10 All
the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,
unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
11 For
only Og king of Bashan remained
of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron;
is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine
cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the
cubit of a man.
12 And
this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is
by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead,
and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
13 And
the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan,
being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe
of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan,
which was called the land of giants.
14 Jair
the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri
and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan- havoth-jair, unto
this day.
15 And I
gave Gilead unto Machir.
16 And
unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead
even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17 The
plain also, and Jordan,
and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even
the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
18 And I
commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land
to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of
Israel, all that are meet for the war.
19 But
your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye
have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I
have given you;
20 Until
the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well
as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your
God hath given them beyond Jordan:
and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have
given you.
21 And I
commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD
your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the
kingdoms whither thou passest.
22 Ye
shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
23 And I
besought the LORD at that time, saying,
24 O Lord
GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand:
for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that
can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
25 I pray
thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan,
that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
26 But
the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD
said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
27 Get
thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward,
and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou
shalt not go over this Jordan.
28 But
charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over
before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou
shalt see.
29 So we
abode in the valley over against Beth- peor.