Deuteronomy 3:4

_AND WE TOOK ALL HIS CITIES AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NOT A CITY WHICH WE TOOK NOT FROM THEM, THREESCORE CITIES, ALL THE REGION OF ARGOB, THE KINGDOM OF OG IN BASHAN._ We took all his cities - not 'captured,' as Colenso renders it, assuming that this result followed a close and protracted siege, but entered into the possession of them. THREESCORE CITIES. 'These cities were of stone, with high walls, bars, and gates; and these very cities are still standing, and bearing testimony to the truth of God's word. Suppose that no one had ever yet traveled in the Hauran, on reading the different passages in the Old Testament which refer to that country, should we not, when we read the account of such prodigious numbers of stone have expected to find at least some remnant of them now? And when we read in this chapter of "threescore walled towns, and unwalled towns a great number," and we see how s...

4._And we took all the cities. _He here more fully relates what He had brieflytouched upon in Numbers. He says that sixty, _well-fortified cities _were taken, besides the villages. Hence we infer both the extent of the country, and also the special power of God in the aid He afforded them, in that they took, in so short a time, so many cities well closed in, and begirt with high walls; as if they were merely travelling, through a peaceful land in security, and with nothing to do. After the eighth verse, lie repeats connectedly what he had separately related respecting the two kingdoms; and in order that the places might be more certainly identified, he mentions two other names for mount Hermon, stating that it was called Sirion by the Sidonians, and Shenir by the Amorites. Finally, he adds that Og, king of Bashan, was a giant, and the only survivorof that race. As a memorialof his lofty...

Verse Deuteronomy 3:4. _ALL THE REGION OF ARGOB_] כל חבל ארגב _col chebel Argob,_ all the _cable_ or cord of Argob; this expression, which is used in various other parts of Scripture, (see, in the original, Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalms 16:6), shows that anciently land was measured by lines or cords of a certain length, in a similar way to that by the _chain_ among us, and the _schoenus_ or cord among the Egyptians. Some think that it was the region of Argob that was afterwards called the region of _Trachonites_....

THREESCORE CITIES - Probably the cities of Jair in Bashan described in Deuteronomy 3:14 as Bashan-havoth-jair. ALL THE REGION OF ARGOB - The Hebrew word here rendered “region,” means literally “rope” or “cable”; and though undoubtedly used elsewhere in a general topographical sense for portion or district (e. g. Joshua 17:5), has a special propriety in reference to Argob (mod. Lejah). The name Argob means “stone-heap,” and is paraphrased by the Targums, Trachonitis Luke 3:1, or “the rough country;” titles designating the more striking features of the district. Its borders are compared to a rugged shore-line; hence, its description in the text as “the girdle

EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and Og, who was of the same giant race, ruled over the northern half of _the _region of _Gilead _and _over _all Bashan. This district also God purposed Israel to possess; and therefore, before crossing the _Jordan_, a_ _diversion was made north. wards by the Israelites, for the purpose of attacking this powerful chief. Og en_countered them _with all _his host_,_ but _was signally defeated, and he and all his people were exterminated. Not fewer than three score fortified citi

AND WE TOOK ALL HIS CITIES AT THAT TIME,.... Not only Edrei where the battle was fought, and Ashteroth his capital city, but all the rest in his kingdom: THERE WAS NOT A CITY WHICH WE TOOK NOT FROM THEM; not one stood out, but all surrendered on summons; the number of which follows: THREE SCORE CITIES; which was a large number for so small a country, and shows it to be well inhabited: ALL THE REGION OF ARGOB; which was a small province of THE KINGDOM OF OG IN BASHAN: Aben Ezra and Jarchi observe, that it was called after a man, i.e. whose name was Argob; the Targum of Onkelos names it Tracona, and the Targum of Jonathan Targona, the same with Trachonitis in Josephus and other authors; see Luke 3:1, Jerom relates h that in his time, about Gerasa, a city of Arabia, fifteen miles from it to the west, there was a village which

CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the Lord, they went to battle against Og, the king of Bashan. Obedience to the Lord and its results and blessing are the marks of the second and third Chapter s of Deuteronomy, while the first chapter shows disobedience and its fruit. The kingdom of Og in Bashan was a powerful kingdom. The cities had high walls with gates and bars. Their number was sixty. Archaeological research has proven the existence of strong and fortified cities in that territory, the ruins of which may still be seen. The

A shorter account of the victory over Og, king of Bashan, occurs in Numbers 21:33, based on the present passage, the first person plural being changed to the third to suit the new context....

THREESCORE CITIES. They can all be seen, and counted today. (See Dr. Porter's _Giant Cities of Bashan_.) REGION. Hebrew. "cord". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the region marked out by it. ARGOB. Compare 1 Kings 4:13.Psalms 136:18...

Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_(Deuteronomy 3:29), a review of Israel's experiences since they left Ḥoreb. In the Plur. form of address except for the following fragments Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 1:21;...