Deuteronomy 2:11
and just like the Anakim, they were also considered as Rephaim, but the Moabites called them Emim.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
In Context
10(A strong and numerous people called the Emim once lived there. They were as tall as the Anakim,
Cross References
Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer invaded, along with the kings in his alliance. They defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Numbers 13:28But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
Deuteronomy 1:28Where are we going? Our brothers terrified us because they told us: ‘The people are bigger and taller than us; the towns are large, with high walls that reach the sky. We even saw the descendants of the giant Anak there!’”
2 Samuel 21:16Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels, and who was carrying a new sword, said he was going to kill David.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →