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19 (A) into Ammon. But don't start a war with the Ammonites. I gave them[a] their land, and I won't give any of it to Israel.”

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20 Before the Ammonites conquered the land that the Lord had given them, some of the Rephaim used to live there, although the Ammonites called them Zamzummim. 21 The Zamzummim were a large and powerful tribe and were as tall as the Anakim.[b] But the Lord helped the Ammonites, and they killed many of the Zamzummim and forced the rest to leave. Then the Ammonites settled there.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.19 them: The Hebrew text has “descendants of Lot”; the nation of Ammon descended from Benammi, who was the son of Lot, the nephew of Abraham.
  2. 2.21 Anakim: See the note at 2.10,11.

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