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23 Oct 2022

Og's Bed & Other Ancient Giant's Artifacts? 🧍🛏

 og rest in slumber upon the hidden isle marked by el the snake and bull as golden triangle marks the gate 

Og's Bed & Other Ancient Giant's Artifacts? 🧍🛏

Mystery Histo

Og (Hebrew: עוֹג, romanized: ʿŌg [ʕoɡ]; Arabic: عوج, romanized: ʿŪj [ʕuːdʒ]; Ancient Greek: Ωγ, romanized: Ōg) according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, was an Amorite king of Bashan who was slain along with his army by Moses and his men at the battle of Edrei. In Arabic literature he is referred to as ʿŪj ibn ʿAnāq (عوج بن عنق).

Og is introduced in the Book of Numbers. Like his neighbor Sihon of Heshbon, whom Moses had previously conquered at the battle of Jahaz, he was an Amorite king, the ruler of Bashan, which contained sixty walled cities and many unwalled towns, with his capital at Ashtaroth (probably modern Tell Ashtara, where there still exists a 70-foot (20 m) mound).

The Book of Numbers, Chapter 21, and Deuteronomy, Chapter 3, continues: