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Gen 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Rephaims		Gen 15:20; Deu 3:11,20,22; 2Sa 5:18,22; 2Sa 23:13; 1Ch 11:15; 1Ch 14:9; Isa 17:5
Ashteroth		The same as Ashteroth, a city of Bashan, where Og afterwards reigned. Deu 1:4; Jos 12:4; Jos 13:12,31
Zuzims		Deu 2:20-23; 1Ch 4:40; Psa 78:51; Psa 105:23,27; Psa 106:22
Emims		Deu 2:10,11
Shaveh Kiriathaim		or, the plains of Kiriathaim; Kiriathaim was beyond Jordan, 10 miles west-ward from Medeba, and afterwards belonged to Sihon, king of Heshbon. Jos 13:19; Jer 48:1,23

Correlating Passages

Rephaims

	Gen 15:20	And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
	Deu 3:11	For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
	Deu 3:20	Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and [until] they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and [then] shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
	Deu 3:22	Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
	2Sa 5:18	The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
	2Sa 5:22	And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
	2Sa 23:13	And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
	1Ch 11:15	Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
	1Ch 14:9	And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
	Isa 17:5	And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

Ashteroth

	Deu 1:4	After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
	Jos 12:4	And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
	Jos 13:12	All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
	Jos 13:31	And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

Zuzims

	Deu 2:20	(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
	Deu 2:21	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:
	Deu 2:22	As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
	Deu 2:23	And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, [even] unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
	1Ch 4:40	And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham had dwelt there of old.
	Psa 78:51	And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
	Psa 105:23	Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
	Psa 105:27	They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
	Psa 106:22	Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea.

Emims

	Deu 2:10	The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
	Deu 2:11	Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

Shaveh Kiriathaim

	Jos 13:19	And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
	Jer 48:1	Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded [and] taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
	Jer 48:23	And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 14:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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