in northern Transjordan was known as a “land of Rephaim” (Deut. 3:13; Heb. ˒ereṣ rep̱ā˒îm), as was Ammon (2:20); King Og of Bashan is called the last of the Rephaim (3:11; Josh. 12:4; 13:12). Some Philistine heroes slain by David and his men were descendants of Rapha (so JB, NIV; NJV “the Raphah”), a corresponding singular form of this name (2 Sam. 21:16–22, hārāp̱â 1 Chr. 20:4–8, hārāp̱ā˒; RSV “giants”; KJV “giant”). The “valley of Rephaim” (˓ēmeq rep̱ā˒îm) southwest of Jerusalem,
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