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Adam Clarke on Genesis 14:5

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Genesis14:5

Rephaims - A people of Canaan: Gen 15:20.

Ashteroth - A city of Basan, where Og afterwards reigned; Jos 13:31.

Zuzims - Nowhere else spoken of, unless they were the same with the Zamzummims, Deu 2:20, as some imagine.

Emims - A people great and many in the days of Moses, and tall as the Anakim. They dwelt among the Moabites, by whom they were reputed giants; Deu 2:10, Deu 2:11.

Shaveh Kiriathaim - Rather, as the margin, the plain of Kiriathaim, which was a city afterwards belonging to Sihon king of Heshbon; Jos 13:19.

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