Deuteronomy 3:11

Deuteronomy 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide. It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:11

9(Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir): 10all the cities of the plateau and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.) 12“So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim.

Deuteronomy 3:11 word by word

כִּ֣י רַק־ע֞וֹג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֗ן נִשְׁאַר֮ מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָרְפָאִים֒ הִנֵּ֤ה עַרְשׂוֹ֙ עֶ֣רֶשׂ בַּרְזֶ֔ל הֲלֹ֣ה הִ֔וא בְּרַבַּ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן תֵּ֧שַׁע אַמּ֣וֹת אָרְכָּ֗הּ וְאַרְבַּ֥ע אַמּ֛וֹת רָחְבָּ֖הּ בְּאַמַּת־אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• For onlyרַקraq · thinH7534
• Ogעוֹג‛ôg · OgH5747
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
• was leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• of the remnantיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
• Rephaimרְפָאִיםrâphâ' râphâh · RephaimH7497
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• bedsteadעֶ֫רֶשׂ‛ereώ · bedH6210
• was an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• Rabbahרַבָּהrabbâh · RabbahH7237
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• Its lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• was nineתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and its widthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• by ordinaryאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:11

• Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
• 2 Samuel 12:26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.
• Jeremiah 49:2Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors,” Says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 21:20You shall mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
• Amos 1:14So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah And it will consume her citadels Amid war cries on the day of battle, And a storm on the day of tempest.
• 1 Samuel 17:4Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
• Amos 2:9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Og king of Bashan remained - Og was the last king of the Amorites; his kingdom appears to have taken its name from the hill of Bashan; the country has been since called Batanaea. Remnant of giants - Of the Rephaim. See on Deuteronomy 2:10; (note), Deuteronomy 2:11; (note). His bedstead was - of iron - Iron was probably used partly for its strength and durability, and partly to prevent noxious vermin from harbouring in it. Is it not in Rabbath, of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Giants - Or Rephaim: see the marginal reference note. A bedstead of iron - The “iron” was probably the black basalt of the country, which not only contains a large proportion, about 20 percent, of iron, but was actually called “iron,” and is still so regarded by the Arabians. Iron was indeed both known and used, principally for tools (see e. g. Deuteronomy 19:5 and compare Genesis 4:22 note), at the date in question by the Semitic people of Palestine and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11His bed was probably wooden and decorated with iron. Another possibility is that the Hebrew word refers to a sarcophagus (a stone coffin). In that case, the object may have been a burial container rather than an ordinary bed. Rabbah is the same city as Rabbath Ammon (see study note on Deuteronomy 2:19). The text suggests that this object could still be seen there when Deuteronomy was written. This may mean that some kind of public display existed in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants--literally, "of Rephaim." He was not the last giant, but the only living remnant in the trans-jordanic country (Jos 15:14), of a certain gigantic race, supposed to be the most ancient inhabitants of Palestine. behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron--Although beds in the East are with the common people nothing more than a simple mattress, bedsteads are not unknown. They are in use among the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 3:11

• Bashan
• Bed
• Cubit
• Iron
• Israel
• Og
• Rabbah
• Rephaim
• Reubenites

In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• Bashan
• Og
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Ammon, Ammonite
• Rabbath of the Children of Ammon
• Amorites
• Bed
• Bedstead
• Encourage

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings