Deuteronomy 2:20 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:20

(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.

BSB

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ASV

(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 14:5. and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; they are thought to be the same with the Zuzims in Gen 14:5 who had their name, as Hillerus (c) thinks, from Mezuzah, a door post, from their tall stature, being as high as one; and for a like reason Saph the giant might have his name, 2Sa 21:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That also was accounted a land of giants - That was accounted the land or territory of the Rephaim. Zamzummims - Supposed to be the same as the Zuzim, Gen 14:5. Of these ancient people we know very little; they were probably inconsiderable tribes or clans, “pursuing and pursued, each other’s prey,” till at length a stronger totally destroyed or subdued them, and their name became either extinct or absorbed in that of their conquerors.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶֽרֶץ־	'e.retz-	[the] land of	H776 →
רְפָאִ֥ים	re.fa.'Im	[the] Rephaites	H7497 →
תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב	te.cha.Shev	it was regarded	H2803 →
אַף־	'af-	also	H637 →
הִ֑וא	hi'	it	H1931 →
רְפָאִ֤ים	re.fa.'Im	[the] Rephaites	H7497 →
יָֽשְׁבוּ־	ya.she.vu-	they dwelt	H3427 →
בָהּ֙	vah	in it
לְפָנִ֔ים	le.fa.Nim	<to> before	H6440 →
וְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔ים	ve.ha.'a.mo.Nim	and the Ammonites	H5984 →
יִקְרְא֥וּ	yik.re.'U	they called	H7121 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	<to> them
זַמְזֻמִּֽים׃	zam.zu.Mim	Zamzummites	H2157 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:11
  (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Genesis 15:20
  Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
- Deuteronomy 2:10–11
  (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 1:4
  This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
  Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

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