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Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deut. 1:4), and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh (Num. 21:32-35; Deut. 3:1-13). His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length and 4 cubits in breadth. His overthrow was afterwards celebrated in song (Ps. 135:11; 136:20).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 22 verses
- Numbers
- 21:33, 32:33
- Deuteronomy
- 1:4, 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:10, 3:11, 3:13, 4:47, 29:7, 31:4
- Joshua
- 2:10, 9:10, 12:4, 13:12, 13:30, 13:31
- 1 Kings
- 4:19
- Nehemiah
- 9:22
- Psalms
- 135:11, 136:20
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.