(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
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That also was accounted a land of giants,.... Ammon was so reckoned as well as Moab, Deu 2:10.
giants dwelt therein in old time; the Rephaim dwelt there, as they did also in Ashteroth Karnaim, Gen…
These verses, like Deu 2:10-12, are in all likelihood an addition made by a later reviser. Deu 2:20 Zamzummims - A giant race usually identified with the Zuzims of Gen 14:5. Deu 2:23 The Avims which…
It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage…
Another Archaeological Note. On the Repha'im, see Deu 1:28. Zamzummim, a name held by some to be formed on the analogy of the Gk -Barbaroi," as of a people whose speech sounded uncouth; Ar. zamzamahis…