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Mysterious World Giants in the Earth Part 1F

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After wiping out the remnant of the giant Amorites and Rephaim of the kingdom of Sihon, Moses then sent another large army north, to the kingdom of Og, in Bashan. Og, the brother of Sihon, was apparently the last of the true Rephaim giants in Canaan, or perhaps the last of the Rephaim east of the River Jordan — it is not clear in the text. He ruled over his own large army of Amorite Gibborim in northeastern Canaan from Ashtaroth-Karnaim, the ancient capitol of the Rephaim. When he heard of his brother's fate, he set out immediately to destroy the Israelites. However, Moses had already sent an army, headed by Jair and Nobath of the tribe of Benjamin, to destroy him. The two armies met at Edrei, the second largest city in Sihon's kingdom:http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref48" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁸ "And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land." http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Num+21:21-35&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Num. 21:21-35)

Like Sihon, Og was swiftly done away with, his confused, demoralized armies no match for the Spirit-filled holy warriors of YHWH. Ironically, Og, though generally considered to have been less powerful than Sihon, took on a legendary, at times almost comical character in the many Jewish legends that grew up around him. One story has Og surviving the Flood by hanging on to the ark, swearing servitude to Noah in return for food. The legends also place Og at many pivotal points in Israel's history, including a celebration for Isaac, and Jacob's blessing of Pharaoh. During the battle of Edrei, another legend tells, "Og sat on the city wall, his legs, which were eighteen ells (27 feet) long, reaching down to the ground."http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref49" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁹ The picture that emerges of Og is not so much that of a mindless savage, but that of a highly intelligent and sophisticated individual who was possessed of a dark side. At times almost godlike in his speech and manners, Og was simultaneously utterly ruthless in his ambition to conquer the world, treating mankind as mere chattel to fill his torture chambers for his amusement, or to be used as fuel for the furnaces of his war machine. Extreme schizophrenia, alternating between glorious beauty and diabolical evil, appears to have been typical of giantkind. DeLoach explains the quality of the man:

An exceptional giant, Og ruled a country with sixty strongly fortified cities. His kingdom, extending from the Jabbok River to Mount Hermon, enjoyed a good, year-round climate. Bashan was also blessed with an exceedingly rich soil that yielded abundant crops, and its lush pasturelands produced many choice cattle. Consequently, in ancient times it became a byword for fruitfulness. The lord of this ideal land, according to Josephus, stretched to a colossal height and possessed great strength. "Now Og had very few equals, either in largeness of body or handsomeness of his appearance," he writes. "He was also a man of great activity in the use of his hands, so that his actions were not unequal to the vast largeness and handsome appearance of his body."http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref50" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁵⁰

Besides the quality of the man, perhaps what elevated Og above his brother in prominence was his legendary "iron bed" that was mentioned by Moses: "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man."http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Deut+3:11&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Deut. 3:11) Og's legendary "iron bed" was 13-1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide, making it likely that Og was probably at least twelve feet tall — at least twice as tall (and wide) as the average man, who would appear as a young child by comparison. Scholars have debated the subject of what exactly this "bed" was, anything from a simple iron bed to a ceremonial couch to one of the many http://holylandphotos.org/browse.asp?ImageID=INGLVS03&;SiteID=66" target=_blank rel=nofollow>dolmens in the area, many of which were used as markers for important burial sites.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref51" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁵¹ Though the dolmen idea is a sound one, the Hebrew means, literally, "iron couch". de Moor has also explored some interesting ideas about the mysterious "iron bed" and its role in the story of Og.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref52" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁵²

After the defeat of Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, Moses was "honorably discharged", and relieved of duty, and his mantle of authority was transferred to Joshua. After the Israelites had completed the conquest of the Amorites east of the Jordan, they were know set to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land. Joshua, as chronicled in the book of http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Josh+1&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Joshua, then proceeded to annihilate the Anakim and their Canaanite allies west of the Jordan. Joshua fought a war of extermination against the giants and their corrupt Canaanite allies until old age overtook him, bringing Phase 4 of YHWH's war against the giants to a close. Unfortunately, a remnant of giants remained in the old Avvim area, around Gaza and Gath. These wicked sons of Belial were left over for another generation of Israel to conquer.

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Boastful Goliath about to be slain by YHWH's servant, David.

⁴And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. ⁵And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. ⁶And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. ⁷And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. ⁸And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. ⁹If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. ¹⁰And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=1Sam+17:1-11&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(1 Sam. 17:1-11)

None of the Israelites had the courage to face Goliath, except one David, son of Jesse — a mere boy. Already had the Israelites forgotten to rely on YHWH's angels to fight for them, instead relying on sword and shield — the gifts of Azazel, the fallen angel — to help them fight their pointless wars for power and glory. Armed only with light weapons and faith in YHWH, the Israelites of Joshua's day had conquered not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit, letting go and letting God. But by the time of David, that apparently had been forgotten, and the Israelites had taken on the ways of the Canaanites. David, however, understood the way YHWH worked and, spurning sword and shield, took his simple goat hair sling, and slew empty Goliath, whom neither sword nor shield could protect from Michael's hand:

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David slaying Goliath with a sling stone. Despite its relative simplicity, the sling was a deadly weapon, capable of sending stones hundreds of yards, and would have been particularly devastating at close range.

³⁸And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. ³⁹And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. ⁴⁰And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. ⁴¹And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. ⁴²And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. ⁴³And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. ⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. ⁴⁶This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. ⁴⁸And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. ⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ⁵⁰So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. ⁵¹Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=1Sam+17:38-52&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>1 Sam. 17:38-52