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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

Known as Ziri-Basani in the Amarna Tablets. Ashtaroth was it's chief city, and was known as Astartu in the Amarna tablets of 1350 bc.

The Amorite king "Og" was probably a ruler during the Earliest Iron age, or about c. 1250 bc.

The Amorite king Sihon of Heshban evidently ruled contemporaneously with Og.