12:4 The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, 3 who lived 4 in Ashtaroth and Edrei
1 tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”
2 tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
3 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”
sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
4 tn Or perhaps “who reigned.”