Giants_in_the_Bible
Nephilims were on the earth, before and after the flood. Who are these giants? Were there other giant tribes and nations on the earth. How did they happen? A scriptural review on giants on earth.
Nephilims were on the earth, before and after the flood. Who are these giants? Were there other giant tribes and nations on the earth. How did they happen? A scriptural review on giants on earth.
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GIANTS IN THE BIBLE<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
1 Chronicles 20:6 And aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>re was war at Gath, where <strong>the</strong>re was a very tall man, who had twenty-four f<strong>in</strong>gers and<br />
toes, six f<strong>in</strong>gers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of <strong>the</strong> offspr<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> Rephaim.<br />
1 Chronicles 20:8 These were of <strong>the</strong> offspr<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> Rephaim <strong>in</strong> Gath; <strong>the</strong>y came to <strong>the</strong>ir death by <strong>the</strong> hands of David and<br />
his servants.<br />
Isaiah 17:5 It will be like when <strong>the</strong> harvester ga<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>the</strong> wheat, and his arm reaps <strong>the</strong> gra<strong>in</strong>. Yes, it will be like when one<br />
gleans gra<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley of Rephaim.<br />
Isaiah 26:14 Dead -- <strong>the</strong>y live not, Rephaim, <strong>the</strong>y rise not, Therefore Thou hast <strong>in</strong>spected and dost destroy <strong>the</strong>m, Yea,<br />
thou destroyest all <strong>the</strong>ir memory.<br />
Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead live -- My dead body <strong>the</strong>y rise. Awake and s<strong>in</strong>g, ye dwellers <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dust, For <strong>the</strong> dew of herbs 'is' thy<br />
dew, And <strong>the</strong> land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.<br />
2.REPHAIM, has a totally different mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r references where it is also called <strong>the</strong> shades or spirits of <strong>the</strong> departed,<br />
dwell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Sheol or Hades.<br />
Psalms 88:10 To <strong>the</strong> dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do <strong>the</strong>y thank Thee? Selah. Proverbs 2:18 For her<br />
house hath <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.<br />
Proverbs 9:18 And he hath not known that Rephaim 'are' <strong>the</strong>re, In deep places of Sheol her <strong>in</strong>vited ones!<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Genesis 14:5, K<strong>in</strong>g Chedorlaomer and his allies attacked and defeated <strong>the</strong> Rephaites at<br />
Ashteroth-Karnaim.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> biblical narrative, <strong>the</strong> Israelites were <strong>in</strong>structed to exterm<strong>in</strong>ate <strong>the</strong> previous <strong>in</strong>habitants of <strong>the</strong><br />
"promised land", i.e. Canaan, which <strong>in</strong>clude various named peoples, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g some unusually<br />
tall/large <strong>in</strong>dividuals. Several passages <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Book of Joshua, and also Deuteronomy 3:11, suggest<br />
that Og, <strong>the</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g of Bashan, was one of <strong>the</strong> last survivors of <strong>the</strong> Rephaim, and that his bed was 9<br />
cubits long <strong>in</strong> ord<strong>in</strong>ary cubits. (An ord<strong>in</strong>ary cubit is <strong>the</strong> length of a man's forearm accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> New<br />
American Standard <strong>Bible</strong>, or approximately 18 <strong>in</strong>ches, which differs from a royal cubit. This makes <strong>the</strong><br />
bed over 13 feet long, even longer if <strong>the</strong> cubit was based on a giant's forearm). Anak, accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
2:11, was a Rephaite.<br />
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