Deuteronomy 2:21

Translations

Modern

They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

Traditional

A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

Literal

…a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim—and YHWH destroyed them from before them and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place—

Latin

…populus magnus, et multus, et proceræ longitudinis, sicut Enacim, quos delevit Dominus a facie eorum: et fecit illos habitare pro eis,

Original

Hebrew

English

They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

Notes

Deuteronomy 2:20–21

The Zamzummites are probably the same as the Zuzites (Genesis 14:5). God removed them from the land earlier so the Ammonites could live there. The God of Israel is also the God of the entire earth. He cares about all nations and has a place and purpose for each one.

Deuteronomy 2:2–25

Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.

Deuteronomy 1:6–4:40

Secular treaties (formal agreements between nations) often included a section about the past relationship between the two partners. This section reviewed what had happened before the agreement.

In this case, the purpose was to review Israel’s successes and failures since the exodus from Egypt. It reminded the people that God had kept his word, even when they did not obey him.

To prepare the Israelites for life in Canaan, Moses reminded them about life in Egypt, their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and their past mistakes. He warned them to obey God's covenant. He assured them that God's grace would follow them as they learned to trust and obey the Lord.

Related verses

Judges 11:24
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
Deuteronomy 2:22
…just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
Deuteronomy 2:10–11
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Habakkuk 1:10–11
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
Jeremiah 27:7–8
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

People

Anak: Ancestor of giant people in Canaan

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Ar Archaeology and the Bible Deuteronomy, Book of Horites Joshua, Book of Nephilim Nuzi, Nuzi Tablets Tribe of Dan

Topics

The Ammonites: Country of: Belonged to the Zamzummims The Anakim of Gigantic Strength and Stature Zamzummims: A Race of Giants

Deuteronomy 2:21

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