After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which
dwelt
in Heshbon
Either Moses, speaking of himself in the third person, or rather
the Lord, to whom Moses ascribes the victory; of this king, and
his palace, and the slaughter of him, see ( Numbers
21:24-26 ) ,
and Og the king of Bashan,
which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei; or near Edrei; for Edrei was
not the name of a country, in which Ashtaroth was, but of a city
at some distance from it, about six miles, as Jerom says {g};
hither Og came from Ashtaroth his palace to fight with Israel,
and where he was slain, see ( Numbers
21:33 ) . Ashtaroth was an ancient city formerly called
Ashtaroth Karnaim, and was the seat of the Rephaim, or giants,
from whom Og sprung, (See Gill on Genesis
14:5), see also ( Deuteronomy
3:11 ) . Jerom says F8 in his time there were two castles
in Batanea (or Bashan) called by this name, nine miles distant
from one another, between Adara (the same with Edrei) and Abila;
and in another place he says F9 Carnaim Ashtaroth is now a
large village in a corner of Batanea, and is called Carnea,
beyond the plains of Jordan; and it is a tradition that there was
the house of Job.