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GIANTS IN THE BIBLE PROF. M. M. NINAN That too was considered a land of the Rephaites, who used to live there; but the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place. The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day." Thus we may assume that Anakites, Emites, Ammonites, Zamzummites were all one group of giants that are same as Repahite Repheim were a race of aboriginal or early inhabitants East of the Jordan in Ashterothkarnaim (Genesis 14:5) and in the valley of Rephaim Southwest of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8). They are associated with other giant races, as the Emim and Anakim (Deuteronomy 2:10, 11) and the Zamzummim (Deuteronomy 2:20). It is probable that they were all of the same stock, being given different names by the different tribes who came in contact with them. REPHAIM is used to comprehend all the gigantic races of the Canaanites, of whom there were several families. The Hebrew word Rephaim is used in two distinct significations. One referring to the giants and the other referrs to those who are in Sheol. We will not deal with the second meaning here. We are only talking about giant group known as Rephaim. .repha'-im, from rapha', "a terrible one "hence "giant," in 1 Chronicles 20:4, yelidhe ha-rapha', "sons of the giant"; There were Rephaim beyond Jordan, at Ashtaroth Karnaim, In the time of Abraham. Genesis 14:5; In the time of Moses. Og king of Bashan was of the Rephaim.; In the time of Joshua, some of their descendants dwelt in the land of Canaan, Joshua 12:4 17:15, In David's time, they were in the city of Gath, 1 Chronicles 20:4-6. The giant Goliath and others were the remains of the Rephaim, or of the kindred family of Anakim. Their magnitude and strength are often spoken of in Scripture. They appear to have excelled in violence and crime, and hence are monuments of divine justice. They lived in the region known as VALE OF REPHAIM, 64
GIANTS IN THE BIBLE PROF. M. M. NINAN This was a fertile vale (Isaiah 17:5), to the Southwest of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; the King James Version "Valley of the Giants"), on the border between Judah and Benjamin. Here David repeatedly defeated the invading Philistines (2 Samuel 5:18, 22; 2 Samuel 23:13 1 Chronicles 11:15; 1 Chronicles 14:9). It is located by Josephus between Jerusalem and Bethlehem (Ant., VII, iv, i; xii, 4). It corresponds to the modern el-Biqa`, which falls away to the Southwest from the lip of the valley of Hinnom. 65 It was a broad and fertile valley, Isaiah 17:5, beginning near the valley of Hinnom, and extending several miles south-west from Jerusalem, when it contracted to a narrow passage leading off towards the Mediterranean. When the Israelites first approached the Promised Land after the Exodus from Egypt, they were afraid to enter the land because it was filled with “giants” , the sons of Anak. Giants were also widely scattered through Canaan, but were known by different local names, including Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Anakim. Deuteronomy 2:20–21 says the Rephaim were strong and tall, like the Anakites. We know nothing of their origin. They are referred to in the following verses. Genesis 14:5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, Genesis 15:20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
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