Deuteronomy 3:1

Defeat of King Og of Bashan

3:1 Next we set out on 1  the route to Bashan, 2  but King Og of Bashan and his whole army 3  came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 4 

Deuteronomy 3:10

3:10 all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah 5  and Edrei, 6  cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deuteronomy 33:22

Blessing on Dan

33:22 Of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion’s cub;

he will leap forth from Bashan. 7 

1 tn Heb “turned and went up.”

2 sn Bashan. This plateau country, famous for its oaks (Isa 2:13) and cattle (Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1), was north of Gilead along the Yarmuk River.

3 tn Heb “people.”

4 sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31; also mentioned in Deut 1:4).

5 sn Salecah. Today this is known as Salkhad, in Jordan, about 31 mi (50 km) east of the Jordan River in the Hauran Desert.

6 sn Edrei. See note on this term in 3:1.

9 sn He will leap forth from Bashan. This may refer to Dan’s conquest of Laish, a region just to the west of Bashan (Judg 18:27-28).