CHAPTER 3
Then we turned
and went up
the road
to Bashan,
and Og
king
of Bashan
and his whole
army
came out
to meet us
in battle
at Edrei.
But the LORD
said
to me,
“Do not
fear him,
for
I have handed him over to you
along with
all
his people
and his land.
Do
to him as
you did
to Sihon
king
of the Amorites,
who
lived
in Heshbon.”
So the LORD
our God
also
handed over Og
king
of Bashan
and his whole
army
to
us.
We struck them down
until no
survivor
was left.
At that
time
we captured
all
sixty
of his cities.
There was not
a single city
we failed to
take—
the entire
region
of Argob,
the kingdom
of Og
in Bashan.
All
these
cities
were fortified
with high
walls
and gates
and bars,
and there were
many more
unwalled villages.
We completely destroyed
them,
as
we had done
to Sihon
king
of Heshbon,
destroying
the men,
women,
and children
of every
city.
At that
time
we took
from
the two
kings
of the Amorites
the land
across
the Jordan,
from the Arnon
Valley
as
far as Mount
Hermon—
all
the cities
of the plateau,
all Gilead,
and all
Bashan
as far as
the cities
of Salecah
and Edrei
in the kingdom
of Og.
(For
only
Og
king
of Bashan
had remained
of the remnant
of the Rephaim.
His bed
of iron,
nine
cubits
long
and four
cubits
wide,
is still
in Rabbah
of the Ammonites.)
So
at that
time
we took possession of
this
land.
To the Reubenites
and Gadites
I gave
the land beyond Aroer
along
the Arnon
Valley,
and half
the hill country
of Gilead,
along with its cities.
To the half-tribe
of Manasseh
I gave
the rest
of Gilead
and all
of Bashan,
the kingdom
of Og.
(The entire
region
of Argob,
the whole
territory of Bashan,
used to be called
the land
of the Rephaim.)
Jair,
a descendant
of Manasseh,
took
the whole
region
of Argob
as far as
the border
of the Geshurites
and Maacathites.
He named
Bashan
after
himself,
Havvoth-jair,
by which it is called
to this day.
and to the Reubenites
and Gadites
I gave
the territory from
Gilead
to
the Arnon
Valley
(the middle
of the valley
was the border)
and up to
the Jabbok
River,
the border
of the Ammonites.
The Jordan River
in the Arabah
bordered it
from Chinnereth
to
the Sea
of the Arabah
(the Salt Sea
)
with
the slopes
of Pisgah
to the east.
At that
time
I commanded
you:
“The LORD
your God
has given
you this
land
to possess.
All
your warriors
are to cross over,
armed for battle,
ahead of
your brothers,
the Israelites.
But
your wives,
your children,
and your livestock—
I know
that
you have a lot of
livestock—
may remain
in the cities
I have given
you,
until
the LORD
gives rest
to your brothers
as He has to you,
and they
too
have taken possession of
the land
the LORD
your God
is giving
them,
across
the Jordan.
Then each
of you may return
to the possession
I have given
you."
And
at that
time
I commanded
Joshua:
“Your own eyes
have seen
all
that
the LORD
your God
has done
to these
two
kings.
The LORD
will do
the same
to all
the kingdoms
you
are about to enter.
“O Lord
GOD,
You
have begun
to show
Your greatness
and power
to Your servant.
For
what
god
in heaven
or on earth
can perform
such works
and mighty acts as Yours?
Please
let me cross over
and see
the beautiful
land
beyond
the Jordan—
that
wonderful
hill country
and Lebanon!”
But the LORD
was angry
with me on account of you,
and He would not
listen
to me.
“That is enough,”
the LORD
said
to me.
“Do not
speak
to
Me
again
about this
matter.
Go
to the top
of Pisgah
and look
to the west
and north
and south
and east.
See the land
with your own eyes,
for
you will not
cross
this
Jordan.
But commission
Joshua,
and encourage
and strengthen him,
for
he
will cross over
ahead of
the
people
and enable them to inherit
the land
that
you will see.”