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Rephaim 
(32° 48´, 35° 56´);
REPHAIM, THE VALLEY OF [smith]
(
1Â Samuel 5:18,22;
23:13;
1Â Chronicles 11:15;
14:9;
Isaiah 17:5) also in (
Joshua 15:8) and Josh 18:16 It is translated in the Authorized Version "
the valley of the giants ," a spot which was the scene of some of David?s most remarkable adventures. He twice encountered and defeated the Philistines there. (
2Â Samuel 5:17-25;
23:13) etc. Since the latter part of the sixteenth century the name has been attached to the upland plain which stretches south of Jerusalem and is crossed by the road to Bethlehem --the
el Buk?ah of the modern Arabs. (This valley begins near the valley of Hinnom, southwest of Jerusalem extending toward Bethlehem. It is about a mile long, with hills on either side. This agrees with Josephus and is the generally-accepted location of this valley. --ED.) Tobler, however, in his last investigations conclusively adopts the
Wady Der Jasin , on the northwest of Jerusalem. The valley appears to derive its name from the ancient nation of the Rephaim. [
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