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(The people from Sidon call Mount Hermon, Sirion, but the Amorites called it Senir.) 10 We took all the cities in the high plain and all of Gilead. We took all of Bashan, all the way to Salecah and Edrei. Salecah and Edrei were cities of Og’s kingdom of Bashan.”

11 (Og was the king of Bashan. He was one of the few Rephaites still alive. His bed was made from iron, and it was over 13 feet long and 6 feet wide.[a] The bed is still in the city of Rabbah, where the Ammonites live.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 13 feet long and 6 feet wide Literally, “9 cubits long and 4 cubits wide, following the measure of a man’s cubit.”

(Hermon is called Sirion(A) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(B) 10 We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah(C) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(D) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(E) of the Ammonites.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide