Deuteronomy 3:11

"We took all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan."

Key Reflection

This verse describes the Israelites' conquest of extensive territories, including the lands of Bashan and Gilead, symbolizing their military victory and divine mandate over the Canaanite kingdoms. The inclusion of cities associated with Og, a giant king, underscores both the magnitude of their triumph and the spiritual significance of overcoming formidable adversaries to secure their Promised Land.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Giants -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 19:5and compareGenesis 4:22note), at the date in question by the Semitic people of Palestine and the adjoining countries; but bronze was the ordinary metal of which weapons, articles of furniture, etc., were made.

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