John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan , etc.] Which seems to have been higher than the kingdom of Sihon: this was a fine country for pasturage, for the breeding of cattle, larger and lesser, and was famous for its oaks: it is the same country which in Josephus and others goes by the name of Batanea: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us ; got his forces together, and came out from Ashteroth, the royal city where he dwelt: he and all his people, to battle at Edrei ; another city in his kingdom, about six miles from the former; (see Deuteronomy 1:4 Numbers 21:33).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning by the ruin of Sihon and desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and so wa hardened to his destruction. Those not awakened by the judgments of God on others, ripen for the like judgments on themselves.
Original Hebrew ונפן6437 ונעל5927 דרך1870 הבשׁן1316 ויצא3318 עוג5747 מלך4428 הבשׁן1316 לקראתנו7125 הוא1931 וכל3605 עמו5971 למלחמה4421 אדרעי׃154
