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21 The Zamzummim were a large and powerful tribe and were as tall as the Anakim.[a] But the Lord helped the Ammonites, and they killed many of the Zamzummim and forced the rest to leave. Then the Ammonites settled there. 22 The Lord helped them as he had helped the Edomites,[b] who killed many of the Horites in Seir and forced the rest to leave before settling there themselves.

23 A group called the Avvim used to live in villages as far south as Gaza, but the Philistines[c] killed them and settled on their land.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.21 Anakim: See the note at 2.10,11.
  2. 2.22 Edomites: See the note at 2.12.
  3. 2.23 Philistines: The Hebrew text has “the Caphtorim from Caphtor,” probably referring to the Philistines who originally came from Crete.

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