33. they turned and went up by the way of Bashan--a name given to that district from the richness of the soil--now Batanea or El-Bottein--a hilly region east of the Jordan lying between the mountains of Hermon on the north and those of Gilead on the south.
      Og--a giant, an Amoritish prince, who, having opposed the progress of the Israelites, was defeated.

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