Deuteronomy 2:19-21

2:19 But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites’ land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot’s descendants ¹  as their possession.

2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. ²  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. ³  2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ⁴  in advance of the Ammonites, ⁵  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

[2:19]  ¹ sn Lot’s descendants. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:9.

[2:20]  ² sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

[2:20]  ³ sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).

[2:21]  ³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.