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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

EDREI

1. City of residence for Og, king of Bashan (Dt 1:4 (RV · LV · Read together); 3:10 (RV · LV · Read together); Jos 12:4 (RV · LV · Read together); 13:12 (RV · LV · Read together)). It was located on the southern branch of the Harmuk River, which was the southern border of Bashan. At this strategic point Og could look over the neighboring region for invaders from the south or from the east, where the land turned into a desert. At Edrei, Moses was able to defeat Og before destroying the city (Nm 21:33-35 (RV · LV · Read together); Dt 3:1-6 (RV · LV · Read together)). The territory was allotted to the Machirites, the eastern clan of the tribe of Manasseh (Jos 13:31 (RV · LV · Read together)). The modern site for Edrei seems to be Derba, a town of 5,000 in Syria. Many important remains from antiquity survive in this town, including shops, cisterns, streets, and underground caves.

DEU 3:1–6: RV DEU 3:1–6 · LV DEU 3:1–6 · Read together DEU 3:1–6

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OET-RV DEU 3:1

3 “Then we turned and went towards the Bashan region but King Og came out with all his warriors to battle against us at Edre’i,

OET-RV DEU 3:2

2 but Yahweh told me, ‘Don’t be afraid of him, because I’ve given him and all his people and his land over to you, and you’ll do the same to him that you did to the Amori King Sihon who lived at Heshbon.’

OET-RV DEU 3:3

3 “So our god Yahweh also helped us defeat Bashan’s King Og and all his people, and we killed them all leaving no survivors.

OET-RV DEU 3:4

4 We captured all sixty of King Og’s cities in the Argov region of Bashan,

OET-RV DEU 3:5

5 even though they were all fortified with high walls and gates with bars. In addition, there were many rural villages.

OET-RV DEU 3:6

6 We completely destroyed them like we’d done to Heshbon’s King Sihon—men, women, and children,

OET-LV DEU 3:1

3 And_we _turned and_we _went _up the _way _of (the)_Bāshān and_ ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān _he/it _went _out to_meet_us he and_all people _of_his for_battle ʼEdreˊī.

OET-LV DEU 3:2

2 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me do _not fear DOM_him/it if/because in_hand _of_your I _have _given DOM_him/it and_DOM all _of people _of_his and_DOM land _of_his and_you _will _do for_him/it just_as you _did to_Şīḩōn the _king _of the_ʼAmorī who was_dwelling in_Ḩeshbōn.

OET-LV DEU 3:3

3 And_ YHWH god _of_our _he/it _gave in_hand _of_our also DOM ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān and_DOM all _of people _of_his and_we_defeated _him until not left to_him/it a _survivor.

OET-LV DEU 3:4

4 And_we _captured DOM all _of cities _of_his at_time the_that not it _was a _town which not we _took from_with_them sixty citi[es] all _of the _region _of ʼArgoⱱ the _kingdom _of ˊŌg in_Bāshān.

OET-LV DEU 3:5

5 All _of these were_cities fortified wall high gates and_bar[s] apart_apart from_the _cities _of the _hamlet-dweller[s] many very.

OET-LV DEU 3:6

6 And_we _totally _destroyed them just_as we _had _done to_Şīḩōn the _king _of Ḩeshbōn we _totally _destroyed every _of city men the_women and_the _little_one[s].

2. Fortified city allotted to Naphtali (Jos 19:37 (RV · LV · Read together)). It was near Kedesh, and may possibly be identified with the modern Tell Khureibeh.