The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
1 Chronicles 12:30 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Of the Ephraimites, twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty warriors, notables in their ancestral houses. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of the Ephraimites, 20,800, mighty in valor, famous in their fathers' houses; American Standard Version (1901) And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. Common English Bible from Ephraim, 20,800, mighty warriors, famous in their households; Catholic Public Domain Version Then from the sons of Ephraim, there were twenty thousand eight hundred, very strong and robust men, renowned among their kindred. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand eight hundred, men of great valour renowned in their kindreds. |
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
But Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
He made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.
Abner also spoke directly to the Benjaminites; then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin were ready to do.
Of the Benjaminites, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had continued to keep their allegiance to the house of Saul.
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king.