Og

Og's bed (Johann Balthasar Probst, 1770 ca.)

Og was, according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, an Amorite king of Bashan who was slain along with his army by Moses and his men at the battle of Edrei.

Quotes about

• He defeated many nations

And slew mighty kings—

Sihon king of the Amorites,

Og king of Bashan,

And all the kingdoms of Canaan—

• Book of Psalms 135:10-11 NKJV.

• And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. So Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.” So they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land.

• Book of Numbers 21:33-35 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.

• Book of Deuteronomy 3:11 NKJV.