4<\/strong>. all the region of Argob<\/em> ] So Deuteronomy 13 f.; 1Ki 4:13<\/span> and nowhere else. The Heb. for region<\/em> means a definitely measured or outlined piece of land, and ’Argob seems connected with regeb, clod<\/em>, and analogous to our ‘glebe.’ The Targums take it as Trachonitis or the Trachon of the Greek period, now the Lej, the mass of lava, 24 miles by 10 to 20, which lies on auran like an ebony glacier with irregular crevasses. Sharply marked off by its abrupt edge from the surrounding plain it holds considerable means of subsistence, with the ruins of many villages and towns, and might well have been, at this as at other periods, the centre or distinctive feature of a province or kingdom. The identification with ’Argob, accepted by many, is thus not unnatural; nor if we take ’Argob as meaning ‘clumpy’ is this an unsuitable name for the cleft masses of lava, like frozen mud, of which it is composed. But other parts of auran are also distinct from the rest, e.g. the fertile en-ukra or ‘Hollow Hearth’ of the Arabs; or the almost as fertile W. slope of the Jebel auran. Both of these bear ruins of ancient towns, while some may be of immemorial antiquity. Nothing however has been discovered either there or throughout Bashan which is recognisable as older than the Greek period. Euseb. and Jer. give Ragaba as a village near Geresa, in Gile‘ad, cp. Jos. XIII. Ant.<\/em> xv. 5; and to-day Rajeb or Rujeb is the name of a Wdy and village also in Gile‘ad. This is noteworthy in view of the fact that one O.T. tradition appears to connect Argob with Gile‘ad; see below.<\/p>\n Threescore cities – <\/B>Probably the cities of Jair in Bashan described in Deu 3:14<\/span> as Bashan-havoth-jair.<\/P> All the region of Argob – <\/B>The Hebrew word here rendered region, means literally rope or cable; and though undoubtedly used elsewhere in a general topographical sense for portion or district (e. g. Jos 17:5<\/span>), has a special propriety in reference to Argob (mod. Lejah). The name Argob means stone-heap, and is paraphrased by the Targums, Trachonitis Luk 3:1<\/span>, or the rough country; titles designating the more striking features of the district. Its borders are compared to a rugged shore-line; hence, its description in the text as the girdle of the stony country, would seem especially appropriate. (Others identify Argob with the east quarter of the Hauran.)<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. All the region of Argob<\/B><\/I>] col chebel Argob,<\/I> all the cable<\/I> or cord of Argob; this expression, which is used in various other parts of Scripture, (see, in the original, Am 7:17<\/span>; Mic 2:5<\/span>; De 32:9<\/span>; Ps 16:6<\/span>), shows that anciently land was measured by lines or cords of a certain length, in a similar way to that by the chain<\/I> among us, and the schoenus<\/I> or cord among the Egyptians. Some think that it was the region of Argob that was afterwards called the region of Trachonites<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Argob; <\/B>a province within Bashan, or at least subject and belonging to Bashan, as appears from Deu 3:13<\/span>; 1Ki 4:13<\/span>; called Argob<\/I> possibly from the name of a man, its former lord and owner. <\/P> <\/p>\n And we took all his cities at that time<\/strong>,…. Not only Edrei where the battle was fought, and Ashteroth his capital city, but all the rest in his kingdom:<\/p>\n there was not a city which we took not from them<\/strong>; not one stood out, but all surrendered on summons; the number of which follows:<\/p>\n three score cities<\/strong>; which was a large number for so small a country, and shows it to be well inhabited:<\/p>\n all the region of Argob<\/strong>; which was a small province of<\/p>\n the kingdom of Og in Bashan<\/strong>: Aben Ezra and Jarchi observe, that it was called after a man, i.e. whose name was Argob; the Targum of Onkelos names it Tracona, and the Targum of Jonathan Targona, the same with Trachonitis in Josephus and other authors; see Lu 3:1<\/span>, Jerom relates h that in his time, about Gerasa, a city of Arabia, fifteen miles from it to the west, there was a village which was called Arga, which seems to carry in it some remains of the ancient name of this country; and the Samaritan version, in all places where Argob is, calls it Rigobaah; and in the Misnah i mention is made of a place called Ragab, beyond Jordan, famous for its being the second place for the best oil.<\/p>\n h De loc. Heb. fol. 87. M. i Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 3.<\/p>\n 4. And we took all the cities. He here more fully relates what He had brieflytouched upon in Numbers. He says that sixty, well-fortified cities were taken, besides the villages. Hence we infer both the extent of the country, and also the special power of God in the aid He afforded them, in that they took, in so short a time, so many cities well closed in, and begirt with high walls; as if they were merely travelling, through a peaceful land in security, and with nothing to do. <\/p>\n After the eighth verse, lie repeats connectedly what he had separately related respecting the two kingdoms; and in order that the places might be more certainly identified, he mentions two other names for mount Hermon, stating that it was called Sirion by the Sidonians, and Shenir by the Amorites. Finally, he adds that Og, king of Bashan, was a giant, and the only survivorof that race. As a memorialof his lofty stature, he alleges his iron bedstead, the length of which was as much as nine cubits, according to the common measure of that period. By this circumstance he again magnifies the marvellous help of God, in that he was overcome by the children of Israel, who might, by his stature, have singly terrified a whole army. <\/p>\n The enormous stature of the giants is apparent from this passage. Herodotus records, (136) that the body of Orestes, disinterred by command of the oracle, was seven cubits in length. Pliny, (137) although he does not cite his authority, subscribes to this testimony. Gellius (138) thinks that this was fabulous, as also what Homer (139) writes with respect to the diminution of men’s height in process of time; but his erroneous view is confuted by almost universal consent. What Pliny (140) himself relates is indeed incredible, that in Crete a body was discovered, by an opening of the earth, forty-six cubits long, which some thought to be the body of Orion, and others of Etion. But if we believe that there were giants, (which is not only affirmd by the sacred Scriptures, but also recorded by almost all ancient writers,) we need not be surprised if they were more than eight cubits in height. Although, however, the race of giants began to disappear in the time of Moses, still, in after ages, there existed persons who approached to this ancient stature, (141) as in the time of Augustus and Claudius there was one man about ten feet in height, and another nine feet nine inches. Moses, therefore, intimates nothing more than that this monstrous race of men gradually died out, so that the enormous height of Og, king of Bashan, was an unusual sight. <\/p>\n (136) Herod, Clio, Section 68. <\/p>\n (137) Pliny, 7:16. <\/p>\n (138) Gellius, lib. 3:10. <\/p>\n (139) Homer, I1. lib. 12:381-3, 446-9; lib. 20:286, 7. <\/p>\n (140) Pliny, lib. 7:16. <\/p>\n (141) Fr. “Comme sous l’empire d’Auguste il y avoit un homme haut de dix pieds, et sous l’empire de Claude un un peu moindre;” as under the empire of Augustus there was a man ten feet high, and, under that of Claudius, one somewhat shorter. Pliny, loc. cit., records the exhibition at Rome, by the Emperor Claudius, of an Arab named Gabbara, whose height was nine feet nine inches; and adds, that in the reign of Augustus, there lived two persons, Posio and Secundilla, who were half a foot higher than Gabbara, and who, on account of their wonderful size, were buried in the cemetery of the Sallustian gardens. <\/p>\n (4, <\/em>5) These details are not given in Numbers. Professor Porter, in the Griant Cities of Bashan, <\/em>has well described the impression made upon him by verifying this description in detail. The whole of Bashan, he says, is not larger than an ordinary English county. That sixty walled cities, besides unwalled towns a great many, should exist in a small province, at such a remote age, far from the sea, with no rivers and little commerce, appeared to be inexplicable. Inexplicable, mysterious though it appeared, it was true. On the spot, with my own eyes, I had now verified it. A list of more than one hundred <\/em>ruined cities and villages, situated in these mountains alone, I had in my hands; and on the spot I had tested it, and found it accurate, though not complete. Many of the cities in the mountains are not ruins. Rooms, doors, bars are entire to this day. The region of <\/em>Argob is distinctly marked out by its natural boundaries, and well described by the same writer.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Threescore cities, all the region of Argob <\/strong> In every instance in which Argob is mentioned there is accompanying it the descriptive word , rope. <\/em> Our translators have rendered it “region” in one place and “country” in another. It evidently means a sharply defined border, as if measured by a line or rope. Porter’s Giant Cities of Bashan <\/em> says: “It thus describes with singular accuracy and minuteness the rocky rampart which encircles the Lejah,” the modern name of Argob<\/strong>. The Argob is a vast field of basalt placed in the midst of a fertile plain. Its surface has an elevation of about thirty feet, and its border is clearly defined by a bank of broken cliffs. In this region were the sixty cities mentioned in the text.<\/p>\n Ver. <\/em><\/strong>4. <\/strong>All the region of Argob<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> In the Hebrew, all the line, <\/em>or cord, <\/em>such as lands were measured by: an allusion frequent in the Holy Scriptures, Amo 7:17<\/span>. Mic 2:5<\/span>. <\/span>Psa 16:6<\/span>. Argob <\/em>was a small province, lying between Jordan and the mountains of Gilead, a little above the sea of Tiberias; which region was afterwards called Trachonitis. <\/em>See ver. 13, 14, 15. <\/p>\n threescore cities. They can all be seen, and counted today. (See Dr. Porter’s Giant Cities of Bashan.)<\/p>\n region. Hebrew = “cord”. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the region marked out by it. <\/p>\n Argob. Compare 1Ki 4:13. Psa 136:18-22 <\/p>\n all his cities: Num 32:33-42, Jos 12:4, Jos 13:30, Jos 13:31 <\/p>\n all the region: 1Ki 4:13 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Deu 3:14 – Argob Isa 33:9 – Bashan<\/p>\n And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 4. all the region of Argob ] So Deuteronomy 13 f.; 1Ki 4:13 and nowhere else. 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