Then Ishbi-benob,whowas among the descendantsof the giant,the weightof whose spearwas threehundred[shekels] of bronzein weight,was girdedwith a new[sword], and he intendedto killDavid.
In the fourteenthyearChedorlaomerand the kingsthat were with him, cameand defeatedthe Rephaimin Ashteroth-karnaimand the Zuzimin Hamand the Emimin Shaveh-kiriathaim,
The Nephilimwere on the earthin thosedays,and alsoafterward,whenthe sonsof Godcamein to the daughtersof men,and they bore[children] to them. Thosewere the mightymenwho[were] of old,menof renown.
Now it cameabout afterthisthat there was waragainwith the Philistinesat Gob;thenSibbecaithe HushathitestruckdownSaph,whowas among the descendantsof the giant.
There was warat Gathagain,where there was a manof [great] staturewho had sixfingerson each handand sixtoeson each foot,twenty-fourin number;and he alsohad been bornto the giant.
Thesefourwere bornto the giantin Gath,and they fellby the handof Davidand by the handof his servants.
Now the Philistinescameand spreadthemselves out in the valleyof Rephaim.
When they had goneup into the Negev,they cameto HebronwhereAhiman,Sheshaiand Talmai,the descendantsof Anakwere. (Now Hebronwas builtsevenyearsbeforeZoanin Egypt.)
"Nevertheless,the peoplewho livein the landare strong,and the citiesare fortified[and] verylarge;and moreover,we sawthe descendantsof Anakthere.
Wherecan we goup? Our brethrenhave made our heartsmelt,saying,"The peopleare biggerand tallerthanwe; the citiesare largeand fortifiedto heaven.And besides,we sawthe sonsof the Anakimthere."'
(The Emimlivedthere formerly,a peopleas great,numerous,and tallas the Anakim.
Like the Anakim,they are alsoregardedas Rephaim,but the Moabitescallthem Emim.
a peopleas great,numerous,and tallas the Anakim,but the LORDdestroyedthem beforethem. And they dispossessedthem and settledin their place,
(For onlyOgkingof Bashanwas leftof the remnantof the Rephaim.Behold,his bedsteadwas an ironbedstead;it is in Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon.Its lengthwas ninecubitsand its widthfourcubitsby ordinarycubit.)
a peoplegreatand tall,the sonsof the Anakim,whomyou knowand of whomyou have heard[it said], 'Whocan standbeforethe sonsof Anak?'
There were noAnakimleftin the landof the sonsof Israel;onlyin Gaza,in Gath,and in Ashdodsome remained.
Calebdroveout from therethe threesonsof Anak:Sheshaiand Ahimanand Talmai,the childrenof Anak.
The shaftof his spearwas like a weaver'sbeam,and the headof his spear[weighed] sixhundredshekelsof iron;his shield-carrieralso walkedbeforehim.
