Og of Bashan
Also known as: Og
Basic account
Last of the Rephaim; king of Bashan whose iron bed was a wonder.
Account
Og, king of Bashan, is the last survivor of the Rephaim. Deuteronomy offers his iron bed as proof of his size, and notes that it can still be seen in Rabbah: a footnote that turns a king into an exhibit.
Motifs
- The people who came before
- Bones offered as evidence
- War against the gods
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What is disputed
Whether the iron object was a bed or a basalt sarcophagus is a live question.
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Sources
- Deuteronomy 3:1-13 (the iron bedstead at Rabbah); Numbers 21:33-35
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Chain of custody
Deuteronomy records that Og of Bashan's iron bed was nine cubits long and four wide, and that measurement proves Og himself stood about four metres, roughly thirteen and a half feet.
The four metre figure is the length of an object, not a stated height: the verse measures the bed and leaves the man unmeasured, and the readers who converted bed into body disagreed with each other about how to do it.
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