thumb|Og is depicted towering over groups of people in the manuscript painting ''Musa va 'Uj'', Og ( ; ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, 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 (, "Og son of Anaq"), Anaq being a daughter of Adam in Islamic tradition.
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- Og and the Rephaim
- Og in non-Biblical inscriptions
- In the Talmud
- In Islam
- "Ogias the Giant"
- Hurtaly
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Og is depicted towering over groups of people in the manuscript painting ''Musa va 'Uj'', Og ( ; ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and other sources, 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 (, "Og son of Anaq"), Anaq being a daughter of Adam in Islamic tradition.
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 mound).