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Deuteronomy 2:21

19 But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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

They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

22 just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

23 And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

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BSB
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
KJV
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
WEB
a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them from before Israel, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place,
ASV
a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;
DARBY
a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim; and Jehovah destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead;
BLB
a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim—and YHWH destroyed them from before them and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place—
ÅB
De var et stort og tallrikt folk og høye av vekst slik som anakittene; men Herren utryddet dem for Ammons barn, så de drev dem bort og bosatte seg der i deres sted.
OTB
et folk like stort, tallrikt og høyt som anakittene. Herren ødela dem foran ammonittene, som drev dem ut og bosatte seg i deres sted.
B1930
De var et stort og tallrikt folk og høie av vekst likesom anakittene; men Herren utryddet dem for Ammons barn, så de drev dem bort og bosatte sig der i deres sted.

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Cross references

  • 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.)

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  • Deuteronomy 2:22

    just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:10–11

    (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:28

    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”

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  • Habakkuk 1:10–11

    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

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  • Judges 11:24

    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

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  • Jeremiah 27:7–8

    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

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