Og

Like his neighbor Sihon of Heshbon, whom Moses had previously conquered at the battle of Jahaz, he was an Amorite king, the ruler of Bashan, which contained sixty walled cities and many unwalled towns, with his capital at Ashtaroth (probably modern Tell Ashtara, where there still exists a 70-foot (20 m) mound).

It goes on to say that at the royal city of Rabbah of the Ammonites, his giant bedstead could still be seen as a novelty at the time the narrative was written.

[2] It is noteworthy that the region north of the river Jabbok, or Bashan, "the land of Rephaim", contains hundreds of megalithic stone tombs (dolmen) dating from the 5th to 3rd millennia BC.

Such ancient rock burials are seldom seen west of the Jordan river, and the only other concentration of these megaliths are to be found in the hills of Judah in the vicinity of Hebron, where the giant sons of Anak were said to have lived (Numbers 13:33).

Frank Moore Cross disputed Röllig's interpretation, proposing that the line of the inscription in question reads instead "my decrepit/mouldering bones".

[7] According to Matthew McAffee, the historical reminiscenses of Ugaritic mythology indicate that the Hebrew Bible has probably preserved a genuinely ancient tradition of an Amorite king Og stemming from the 2nd millennium BC.

[8] He also argues that the description of Og as a Rephaim seems to reflect an Old Amorite theology which gave such status to their deceased kings.

The Lord caused a swarm of ants to dig away the center of the mountain, which was resting on Og's head.

Moses, fulfilling Yahweh's injunction not to fear him, seized a stick of ten cubits length, and jumped a similar vertical distance, succeeding in striking Og in the ankle.

[10] Many great rabbis, notably Shlomo ibn Aderet, have explained this story in an allegorical manner.

Famous and much-painted episodes include his fight with the Prophet Moses (see Musa va 'Uj), and his fishing and frying of whales, while he stands just about knee-deep in the ocean.

He describes Hurtaly as sitting astride the Ark, saving it from shipwreck by guiding it with his feet as the grateful Noah and his family feed him through the chimney.