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 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This too used to be regarded as the land of the Rephaim. The Rephaim lived there previously, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummim, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition (That also is known as a land of Rephaim [of giant stature]; Rephaim dwelt there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, American Standard Version (1901) (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, Common English Bible Now people thought that land was Rephaim territory as well. The Rephaim had lived there previously. But the Ammonites called them “Zamzummim.” Catholic Public Domain Version It was reputed to be a land of giants. And giants lived there in times past, those whom the Ammonites call the Zamzummim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zomzommims: |
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,
They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.
a great and numerous people, tall as the Anakim. The Lord destroyed the Rephaim at the advance of the Ammonites, so that they drove them out and settled in their place.
(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. )