Went by the way of Bashan— A famous mountain, Psalms 68:15 lying more northwardly than the country of Sihon, and belonging also to the Amorites; for both Sihon and Og are said to be kings of the Amorites, Deuteronomy 3:8. It is celebrated in Scripture for its rich pasture, and excellent breed of cattle, Psalms 22:12 and for its stately oaks, Ezekiel 27:6. It gave name to that whole country where Og reigned, which was called by the Scythians and Arabians Bethana, and by the Greeks Batanea; and it lay about the brook Jabbok. Og was of the remnant of the giants of Rephaim, who were a mighty people in that country; compare Genesis 14 with Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12. Edrei, afterwards called Adra, is placed by St. Jerome among the considerable villages of Arabia, about four miles from Bozrah.
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Numbers 21:33
33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.