Deuteronomy 2:21

New International Reader's Version

The Rephaites were strong people. There were large numbers of them. They were as tall as the Anakites. The Lord destroyed the Rephaites to make room for the Ammonites. So the Ammonites drove them out. Then they settled in the territory of the Rephaites.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go? The men who checked out the land have made us afraid. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large. They have walls that reach up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”

Deuteronomy 2:20

That land was also thought of as a land of the Rephaites. They used to live there. But the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

Deuteronomy 2:22

The Lord had done the same thing for the people of Esau. They lived in Seir. The Lord destroyed the Horites to make room for Esau’s people. They drove the Horites out. So the people of Esau have lived in Seir in the territory of the Horites to this very day.

Deuteronomy 3:11

Og, the king of Bashan, was the only Rephaite left. His bed was decorated with iron. It was more than 13 feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

Judges 11:24

You will take what your god Chemosh gives you, won’t you? In the same way, we will take over what the Lord our God has given us.