Bilangan 13:33

13:33 We even saw the Nephilim ¹  there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves ²  and to them.” ³ 

Ulangan 2:20-21

2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. ⁴  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. ⁵  2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ⁶  in advance of the Ammonites, ⁷  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

Ulangan 3:11

3:11 Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy ⁸  that his sarcophagus ⁹  was made of iron. ¹⁰  Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath ¹¹  of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet ¹²  long and six feet ¹³  wide according to standard measure.) ¹⁴ 

Ulangan 3:1

Defeat of King Og of Bashan

3:1 Next we set out on ¹⁵  the route to Bashan, ¹⁶  but King Og of Bashan and his whole army ¹⁷  came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. ¹⁸ 

1 Samuel 17:4

17:4 Then a champion ¹⁹  came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. ²⁰ 

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army ²¹  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against ²²  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 21:15

21:15 Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?”

[13:33]  ¹ tc The Greek version uses gigantes (“giants”) to translate “the Nephilim,” but it does not retain the clause “the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim.”

[13:33]  sn The Nephilim are the legendary giants of antiquity. They are first discussed in Gen 6:4. This forms part of the pessimism of the spies’ report.

[13:33]  ² tn Heb “in our eyes.”

[13:33]  ³ tn Heb “in their eyes.”

[2:20]  ⁴ sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

[2:20]  ⁵ sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).

[2:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “Behold” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

[3:11]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term עֶרֶשׂ (’eres), traditionally translated “bed” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) is likely a basaltic (volcanic) stone sarcophagus of suitable size to contain the coffin of the giant Rephaite king. Its iron-like color and texture caused it to be described as an iron container. See A. Millard, “King Og’s Iron Bed: Fact or Fancy?” BR 6 (1990): 16-21, 44; cf. also NEB “his sarcophagus of basalt”; TEV, CEV “his coffin.”

[3:11]  ¹⁰ tn Or “of iron-colored basalt.” See note on the word “sarcophagus” earlier in this verse.

[3:11]  ¹¹ sn Rabbath. This place name (usually occurring as Rabbah; 2 Sam 11:11; 12:27; Jer 49:3) refers to the ancient capital of the Ammonite kingdom, now the modern city of Amman, Jordan. The word means “great [one],” probably because of its political importance. The fact that the sarcophagus “still remain[ed]” there suggests this part of the verse is post-Mosaic, having been added as a matter of explanation for the existence of the artifact and also to verify the claim as to its size.

[3:11]  ¹² tn Heb “nine cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 in (45 cm) for the standard cubit, this would be 13.5 ft (4.1 m) long.

[3:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “four cubits.” This would be 6 ft (1.8 m) wide.

[3:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “by the cubit of man.” This probably refers to the “short” or “regular” cubit of approximately 18 in (45 cm).

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “turned and went up.”

[3:1]  ¹⁶ sn Bashan. This plateau country, famous for its oaks (Isa 2:13) and cattle (Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1), was north of Gilead along the Yarmuk River.

[3:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “people.”

[3:1]  ¹⁸ sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31; also mentioned in Deut 1:4).

[17:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the man of the space between the two [armies].” See v. 23.

[17:4]  ²⁰ tc Heb “his height was six cubits and a span” (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV). A cubit was approximately eighteen inches, a span nine inches. So, according to the Hebrew tradition, Goliath was about nine feet, nine inches tall (cf. NIV, CEV, NLT “over nine feet”; NCV “nine feet, four inches”; TEV “nearly 3 metres”). However, some Greek witnesses, Josephus, and a manuscript of 1 Samuel from Qumran read “four cubits and a span” here, that is, about six feet, nine inches (cf. NAB “six and a half feet”). This seems more reasonable; it is likely that Goliath’s height was exaggerated as the story was retold. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 286, 291.

[17:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

[17:2]  ²² tn Heb “to meet.”