Giants_in_the_Bible

GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
The Zamzummim were a race of giants, who are mentioned only once in the Bible, namely in
Deuteronomy 2:20, where we learn that the Ammonites used to call them that, but to the Hebrews
these guys were known as the Rephaim. These Zamzummim were a people as great, numerous and
tall as the Anakim, but YHWH destroyed them so that the Ammonites could move into their territory.
They inhabited the region East of the Jordan which was
occupied by the Ammonites later who
displaced them. They are identified with the Rephaim (Deuteronomy 2:20). They may be the same
as the Zuzim mentioned in connection with the Rephaim in Genesis 14:5.
dwellers - troglodytes):
Horites (who were cave
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had
destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his
possession, which the LORD gave unto them. - Deuteronomy 2:12 (KJV)
The name Arba means "four" in Hebrew. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states:
ar'-ba ('arba`, "four"): Variously described as "the greatest man among the Anakim" (Joshua 14:15),
"the father of Anak" (Joshua 15:13), "the father of Anak" (Joshua 21:11 margin). Thus he seems to
have been regarded as the ancestor of the Anakim, and as the most famous hero of that race. He
was the reputed founder of the city called after him, on the site of which Hebron was built (Joshua
21:11).
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible gives us more insight:
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba - That is, the city of Arba, or rather, the city of the
four, - kiryath arba. Joshua 15:14, says that Caleb drove from Hebron the three sons of Anak,
Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. These may be three of the Arba - four giants who were in Hebron and
who were probably rulers of the montain tribee. Joshua 15:13 says that Arba was the father of Anak.
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