Giants_in_the_Bible

GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
BC) refer to both good and bad Watchers, with a primary focus on the rebellious ones. Apparently they
soon begin to lust for human women and, at the prodding of their leader Samyaza, defect en masse to
illicitly instruct humanity and procreate among them. Hence we have the reference to them as "the
fallen ones". There were 200 of these "Sons of God" who violated God's basic orders to keep their
domains and had 10 leaders.
Enoch is not part of the Bible, the book of Jude quotes from it and hence most consider it as an reliable
book.
The book of Enoch records how “in the days of Jared” angels left their position as authorities and
correctors of humans and came down to the earth and had sexual relations with women which
produced the giants Nephilim. This took place near the Mount Hermon just north of Bashan (where
the giant Og later reigned as the last king of the Nephilim). .Peter says that these fallen angels are kept
in prison and are waiting judgment (1 Pet 3:19; Jude 6)
Over time, this race of giants evolved into various clans and tribes after the fashion of the humans of
earth and extended their domains and migrated southward east of the Jordan River through the region
of Ammon, Moab and Edom (south of the Dead Sea). Eventually some branches of this giant race
migrated across the Jordan River with some settling into the hill country of southern Canaan, and
some migrating as far as the coastal plain in the region of Gaza. We know that there were giants all
over the world since the daughters of man were distributed all over the world. These stories are not
given in the Bible.
Inside the middle east we know that a coalition led by Chedorlaomer, the Philistines, the Moabites, the
Ammonites, and the Edomites, along with the Israelites were able to totally destroy them in that area.
The last Giant King to be killed was Og who was 13 feet tall. Over the years probably these giants
were becoming shorter, generation after generation and 400 years later in David’s day the giant
Goliath was only 9 feet tall. And Goliath’s younger colleague, Ishbi-Benob, seems to have been
weaker than Goliath because he used a spearhead that was only half the size of Goliath’s spearhead.
The Israelites under Joshua and Caleb destroyed most of the race of giants remaining in the region of
Canaan. But they did not destroy all because they left a few who were living in the Philistine cities of
Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod
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