Deuteronomy 2:20

A land of giants, used, that also, to be accounted,—giants, dwelt therein aforetime, but the Ammonites, called them Zamzummim:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19so wilt thou draw near over against the sons of Ammon, do not thou besiege them neither engage in strife with them,—for I will not give of the land of the sons of Ammon unto thee as a possession, for unto the sons of Lot, have I given it as a possession.

21a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim,—but Yahweh destroyed them from before them, and they took their possessions, and dwelt in their stead:

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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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