(the Sidonians call (A)Hermon (B)Sirion, while the Amorites call it (C)Senir), 10 all the cities of the (D)tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as (E)Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 (For (F)only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of (G)the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in (H)Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits[a] was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the (I)common cubit.[b])

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Deuteronomy 3:11 Hebrew cubit of a man

(Hermon is called Sirion(A) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(B) 10 We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah(C) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. 11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(D) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(E) of the Ammonites.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide