Deuteronomy 2:20

אֶֽרֶץ ־ רְפָאִים תֵּחָשֵׁב אַף ־ הִוא רְפָאִים יָֽשְׁבוּ ־ בָהּ לְפָנִים וְהָֽעַמֹּנִים יִקְרְאוּ לָהֶם זַמְזֻמִּֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

In Context

19וְקָרַבְתָּ מוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן אַל ־ תְּצֻרֵם וְאַל ־ תִּתְגָּר בָּם כִּי לֹֽא ־ אֶתֵּן מֵאֶרֶץ בְּנֵי ־ עַמּוֹן לְךָ יְרֻשָּׁה כִּי לִבְנֵי ־ לוֹט נְתַתִּיהָ יְרֻשָּֽׁה ׃

21עַם גָּדוֹל וְרַב וָרָם כָּעֲנָקִים וַיַּשְׁמִידֵם יְהוָה מִפְּנֵיהֶם וַיִּירָשֻׁם וַיֵּשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּֽם ׃

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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 →

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