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Genesis 14:5

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Rephaims: Genesis 15:20; Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 3:20, Deuteronomy 3:22; 2 Samuel 5:18, 2 Samuel 5:22, 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15, 1 Chronicles 14:9; Isaiah 17:5

Ashteroth: The same as Ashteroth, a city of Bashan, where Og afterwards reigned. Deuteronomy 1:4; Joshua 12:4, Joshua 13:12, Joshua 13:31

Zuzims: Deuteronomy 2:20-23; 1 Chronicles 4:40; Psalms 78:51, Psalms 105:23, Psalms 105:27, Psalms 106:22

Emims: Deuteronomy 2:10-11

Shaveh Kiriathaim: or, the plains of Kiriathaim, Kiriathaim was beyond Jordan, 10 miles west-ward from Medeba, and afterwards belonged to Sihon, king of Heshbon. Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:23

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