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giants. Hebrew "Rephaim", descendants of one Rapha, a branch of the Nephilim. See App-25.
behold. A special various reading called Sevir (see App-34) reads "and behold".
bedstead = bed or couch, but not the usual word which is mishkab. It is 'eres, and is exactly the same measurement as the tomb of Marduk in Babylon. The mythological significance of 'eres (Bab. irsu) is nuptial bed, or funeral couch. Probably = tomb.
iron. Probably basalt.
is it not. ? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6), f'or emphasis.
Rabbath was the capital of Ammon, where the temple of Milchom was: and where Og's tomb would naturally be.
children = sons.
cubits. See App-51.
cubit of a man = a common cubit = a man's forearm.