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Psalms 136:20

136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever;

And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures for ever:

136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

What does Psalms 136:20 mean?

Psalms 136:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עוֹג (ʻÔwg), מֶלֶךְ (melek), בָּשָׁן (Bâshân).

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And
OgעוֹגʻÔwg/ogue/H5747Og, a king of Bashan
the
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
Bashan:בָּשָׁןBâshân/baw-shawn'/H1316Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
for
his
mercyחֵסֵדchêçêd/kheh'-sed/H2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
endureth
for
ever:עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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1 Kings 4:19

Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

Deuteronomy 1:4

After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

Deuteronomy 29:7

And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

Deuteronomy 3:1

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 3:10

All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Deuteronomy 3:11

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.

Deuteronomy 3:13

And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

Deuteronomy 3:3

So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

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What does Psalms 136:20 say?

Psalms 136:20 (King James Version) reads: "And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:"

Is Psalms 136:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 136:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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