The conquered territory was subsequently bestowed on the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ( Numbers 32:33 Deuteronomy 3:12,13). Some, however, prefer to suppose that what is intended is "a sarcophagus of black basalt," which iron-like substance abounds in the Hauran. It is not, of course, necessary to conclude that Og's own height, though immense, was as great as this. by 6 ft.), said to be still preserved at Rabbath of Ammon when the verse describing it was written.
Og is described as the last of the REPHAIM (which see), or giant-race of that district, and his giant stature is borne out by what is told in Deuteronomy 3:11 of the dimensions of his "bedstead of iron" (`eres barzel), 9 cubits long and 4 broad (13 1/2 ft.
The defeat took place at Edrei, one of the chief of these cities ( Numbers 21:33 Joshua 12:4), and Og and his people were "utterly destroyed" ( Deuteronomy 3:6).
King of Bashan, whose territory, embracing 60 cities, was conquered by Moses and the Israelites immediately after the conquest of Sihon, king of the Amorites ( Numbers 21:33-35 Deuteronomy 3:1-12).
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