The Moabite name for the Repha'im was the Emites ( or ) or Emim (Hebrew: אֵמִים ʾĒmīm). They are mentioned in Genesis 14:5 as having been defeated at Shaveh-kiriathaim by an invading coalition of kings led by the Elamite King Chedorlaomer, and in the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 2, as having been a powerful and populous people, "as tall as the Anakim".
The Moabite name for the Repha'im was the Emites ( or ) or Emim (Hebrew: אֵמִים ʾĒmīm). They are mentioned in Genesis 14:5 as having been defeated at Shaveh-kiriathaim by an invading coalition of kings led by the Elamite King Chedorlaomer, and in the Book of Deuteronomy, chapter 2, as having been a powerful and populous people, "as tall as the Anakim".
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