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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 1:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 1:4 |
King James |
After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Ashtaroth--the royal residence of Og, so called from Astarte ("the moon"), the tutelary goddess of the Syrians. Og was slain at
Edrei--now Edhra, the ruins of which are fourteen miles in circumference [BURCKHARDT]; its general breadth is about two leagues. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Astaroth - On this place compare Gen 14:5 and note.
In Edrei - These words should, to render the sense clear, come next after "slain." The battle in which Sihon and Og were defeated took place at Edrei. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Og - His palace or mansion - house was at Astaroth, and he was slain at Edrei. |
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,