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giants. Hebrew " Rephaim ", descendants of one Rapha, a branch of the Nephilim . See App-25 .
behold. A special various reading called Sevir (see App-34 ) reads "and behold".
bedstead = bed or couch, but not the usual word which is mishkab . It is ' eres , and is exactly the same measurement as the tomb of Marduk in Babylon. The mythological significance of 'eres (Bab. irsu) is nuptial bed, or funeral couch. Probably = tomb.
iron. Probably basalt.
is it not. ? Figure of speech Erotesis ( App-6 ), f'or emphasis.
Rabbath was the capital of Ammon, where the temple of Milchom was: and where Og's tomb would naturally be.
children = sons.
cubits. See App-51 .
cubit of a man = a common cubit = a man's forearm.
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