Accoring to several books of the Old Testament, Og (IPA: /ɒg/ or /ɔːg/; meaning "gigantic" - /ʕog/ in Hebrew) was an ancient Amorite king of Bashan who, along with his sons and army, was slain by Joshua and his men at the battle of Edrei (probably modern day Daraa, Syria). The internal chronology of the Deuteronomistic History and the Torah would place Og's overthrow and the conquest of Canaan by Israel around c. 1500 or 1200 B.C., although these books were written no earlier than the 6th century BC and are considered by some to be of dubious historical accuracy.