Deuteronomy 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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:

Astaroth - the royal residence of Og-so called from Astarte (the moon), the tutelary goddess of the Syrians; and he was slain at Edrei, now Edh'ra, the ruins of which are fourteen miles in circumference (Burckhardt): its general width is about two leagues.

Deuteronomy 1:4

4 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: