In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Deuteronomy 2:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These also are known as Rephaim [of giant stature], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. American Standard Version (1901) these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. Common English Bible Most people thought the Emim were Rephaim, like the Anakim were. But the Moabites called them “Emim.” Catholic Public Domain Version They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims. |
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterwards, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
Then Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giant, whose bronze spear weighed about 3.5 kilograms and who wore new armour, intended to kill David.
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.
We even saw the Nephilim there #– #the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim! To ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and we must have seemed the same to them.’
Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart, , saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.”
This too used to be regarded as the land of the Rephaim. The Rephaim lived there previously, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummim,
(Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 4 metres long and 1.8 metres wide by a standard measure. )
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said about them, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak? ”