Giants_in_the_Bible

GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Five kings of the Amorites were first defeated with great slaughter by Joshua (Josh. 10:5). Then, more
Amorite kings were defeated at the waters of Merom by Joshua (Josh. 11:8). It is mentioned that in the
days of Samuel, there was peace between them and the Israelites (1 Sam. 7:14). The Gibeonites were
said to be their descendants, being an offshoot of the Amorites who made a covenant with the
Hebrews. When Saul later broke that vow and killed some of the Gibeonites, God sent a famine to
Israel.
By the time of Samuel's judgeship, "there was peace between Israel and the Amorites" (1 Sam. 7:14).
Less than a century later, Solomon forced menial servitude upon the last few survivors (1 Kgs.
9:20-21). The Amorites are last mentioned by the prophet Amos (2:10), apparently either having died
out as a race or absorbed into Israel. All that is left is but a memory of their great sin (cf. 1 Kgs. 21:26;
2 Kgs. 21:11).
The historian Marc Van de Mieroop writes:The Amorites were semi-nomadic groups from northern
Syria, whom Babylonian literature described in extremely negative terms:
The Amorite, he is dressed in sheep’s skins; He lives in tents in wind and rain; He doesn’t offer
sacrifices. Armed vagabond in the steppe, He digs up truffles and is restless. He eats raw meat, Lives
his life without a home, And, when he dies, he is not buried according to proper rituals .
WereTerah & Abraham Amorites?
https://www.ancient.eu/amorite/
The historian Kriwaczek writes:Terah’s family were not Sumerian. They have long been
identified with the very people, the Amurru or Amorites. The Amorites of the Bible are depicted
as pre-Israelite inhabitants of the land of Canaan and clearly separate from the Israelites. In the Book
of Deuteronomy they are described as the last remnants of the giants who once lived on earth (3:11).
In the Book of Joshua they are the enemies of the Israelites who are destroyed by General Joshua
(10:10, 11:8).
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