Nephilim
Near the beginning of the Book of Genesis, before the great flood, we are informed of something very interesting and quite mysterious at it's surface.
6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
6:2 That the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
6:3 And YHWH said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:1-4
6:2 That the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
6:3 And YHWH said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:1-4
First, let's define what the word giants is even referring to if that's simply a translation from a Hebrew reference to nephilim.
Now who were these giants or nephilim? You might find many Christians in modern time who will claim this refers to the offspring of righteous men with less than righteous women or something similar to that, but how much sense would that make? I'm not sure why that would lead to giant offspring. Let's consider what the ancients thought when it came to who these giants or nephilim were.
Another relevant point from wikipedia: "All early sources refer to the 'sons of heaven' as angels. From the third century BCE onwards, references are found in the Enochic literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls (the Genesis Apocryphon, the Damascus Document, 4Q180), Jubilees, the Testament of Reuben, 2 Baruch, Josephus, and the book of Jude (compare with 2 Peter 2). For example: 1 Enoch 7:2 'And when the angels, (3) the sons of heaven, beheld them, they became enamoured of them, saying to each other, Come, let us select for ourselves wives from the progeny of men, and let us beget children.' Some Christian apologists, such as Tertullian and especially Lactantius, shared this opinion."
Let us focus on the Dead Sea Scrolls and consider what they help confirm for a moment. First, consider what we find in them. This is the list from Wikipedia's Dead Sea Scrolls page or more specifically a Biblical books found section within it :
It's interesting that something called 1 Enoch and something called Jubilees are found in the top 6, even above works such as Exodus and Leviticus. There is evidence that Christ Himself and Peter and Jude referenced 1 Enoch specifically. And the Dead Sea Scrolls help support the concept that both of these works (1 Enoch and Jubilees) were relatively widespread in first century Judea. So, what happened and has there been a coverup since the first century? Both of these ancient texts touch on what is said in Genesis 6:4 in detailed ways. Let's start with 1 Enoch and then move onto Jubilees.
"1And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto 2them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men 3and beget us children.' And [...], who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not 4indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations 5not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves 6by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it." -http://qbible.com/enoch/7.html
Considering that Hermon is a mountain in a select little part of the world that is still around today in Lebanon, is there any evidence around there that advanced beings descended there and interacted with mankind? Yes there is.
There are still huge monolithic stones in Lebanon including some weighing around 800 tons that are lifted around 20 feet onto an ancient temple mega-platform and there are also ancient quarry stones nearby that reach approach 2000 tons. What was really going on if even in modern time a typical tower crane is said to have a maximum load of about 18 metric tons? Look how relatively small these people are:
And it seems what they taught was by no means just the art of cutting and moving giant monolithic megastones.
"1And [one angel] taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all 2colouring tinctures. And there arose much [Yahlessness], and they committed fornication, and they 3were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways." -http://qbible.com/enoch/8.html
"[Another] taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, [another] the resolving of enchantments, [another] [taught] astrology, [another] the constellations, [another] the knowledge of the clouds, [another] the signs of the earth, [another] the signs of the sun, and [another] the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven {...}" -http://qbible.com/enoch/8.html
"1And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms 2and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. [Alternatively from another English version?: "Then they took wives, each choosing for himself; whom they began to approach, and with whom they cohabited; teaching them sorcery, incantations, and the dividing of roots and trees."]" -http://qbible.com/enoch/7.html
You might read the first version and just assume it is referring to using roots and plants for medicinal purposes, but consider the alternative version as well. Think about how associated chimeric or mixed creatures are with ancient Greece and ancient Egypt and the ancient Far East. Could it be that angelic beings taught about genetic modification and mixing family trees? Gene splicing is quite etymologically similar to "the cutting of roots" and "the dividing of roots." And we are theoretically talking about concepts that have been passed down thousands of years from the other side of a global flood.
While I don't consider the following to be from an official Book of Jasher that is mentioned in the Tanakh/Old Testament, these particular excerpts do more to help support the notion that there was technology that allowed gene tampering in the distant past:
"18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and [Elohim] saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals." -http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/jasher.html#CH4
"15 And Zepho went and he saw and behold there was a large cave at the bottom of the mountain, and there was a great stone there at the entrance of the cave, and Zepho split the stone and he came into the cave and he looked and behold, a large animal was devouring the ox; from the middle upward it resembled a man, and from the middle downward it resembled an animal, and Zepho rose up against the animal and slew it with his swords." -http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/pseudepigrapha/jasher.html#CH61
But getting back to 1 Enoch and the general size of these nephilim before the flood:
"And they 3became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed 4all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against 5them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and 6fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones." -http://qbible.com/enoch/7.html
Now let's move onto the Book of Jubilees. Notice that the following suggests that Watchers descended to earth sometime after Jared was born and before Enoch was born and that they (vainly?) hoped to make a positive difference in the lives of men by doing so even if it meant going against what the Creator asked of them.
"15 In the second week of the tenth jubilee Mahalalel took to him to wife Dinah, the daughter of Barakiel the daughter of his father’s brother, and she gave birth to a son in the third week in the sixth year, and he called his name Jared, for in his days the messengers of Yah descended on the earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men, and that they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.
16 In the eleventh jubilee Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Rasujal, a daughter of his father’s brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, and she gave birth to a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap04
16 In the eleventh jubilee Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Rasujal, a daughter of his father’s brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, and she gave birth to a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap04
Compare this with what we are told in Justin Martyr's second apology.
"But if this idea take possession of some one that if we acknowledge [Elohim] as our helper, we should not, as we say, be oppressed and persecuted by the wicked; this, too, I will solve. [Elohim], when He had made the whole world, and subjected things earthly to man, and arranged the heavenly elements for the increase of fruits and rotation of the seasons, and appointed this divine law--for these things also He evidently made for man--committed the care of men and of all things under heaven to angels whom He appointed over them." -http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/justinmartyr-secondapology.html
That suggests that angels were given some kind of authority or dominion over humanity. And it's also supported by the Septuagint version of Deuteronomy 32:8, as well as Daniel 10, Psalm 82, Isaiah 24:21, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Matthew 20:25 and more, but back to that in a moment. Justin Martyr continues in his explanation of what happened.
"But the angels transgressed this appointment. and were captivated by love of women, and begat children who are those that are called demons; and besides, they afterwards subdued the human race to themselves, partly by magical writings, and partly by fears and the punishments they occasioned, and partly by teaching them to offer sacrifices, and incense, and libations, of which things they stood in need after they were enslaved by lustful passions; and among men they sowed murders, wars, adulteries, intemperate deeds, and all wickedness. Whence also the poets and mythologists, not knowing that it was the angels and those demons who had been begotten by them that did these things to men, and women, and cities, and nations, which they related, ascribed them to [Elohim] himself, and to those who were accounted to be his very offspring, and to the offspring of those who were called his brothers, [two members of Greek mythology pantheon], and to the children again of these their offspring. For whatever name each of the angels had given to himself and his children, by that name they called them." -http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/justinmartyr-secondapology.html
Josephus (one of the most famous historians of all time) also seemingly connected the Watchers and the nephilim to beings associated with Greek mythology himself.
"For many angels (11) of [Elohim] accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants. But Noah was very uneasy at what they did; and being displeased at their conduct, persuaded them to change their dispositions and their acts for the better: but seeing they did not yield to him, but were slaves to their wicked pleasures, he was afraid they would kill him, together with his wife and children, and those they had married; so he departed out of that land." -https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/ant-1.htm
Before we continue on with what the Book of Jubilees reveals regarding fallen angels and nephilim, let us also take a moment to consider something said in the Testament of Rueben. I'm not sure all that he allegedly wrote is true, but:
"For thus [women] allured the Watchers who were before the flood; for as these continually beheld them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for they changed themselves into the shape of men, and 7 appeared to them when they were with their husbands. And the women lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants, for the Watchers appeared to them as reaching even unto heaven." -http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/patriarchs-charles.html
Jubilees chapter 5 begins in a very similar way to Genesis chapter 6.
"1 When the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, and the messengers of Elohim saw them on a certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful, and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose, and they gave birth to their sons and they were giants.
2 Because of them lawlessness increased on the earth and all flesh corrupted its way. Men and cattle and beasts and birds and everything that walked on the earth were all corrupted in their ways and their orders, and they began to devour each other. Lawlessness increased on the earth and the imagination and thoughts of all men were continually, totally evil.
3 Elohim looked on the earth, and saw it was corrupt, and all flesh had corrupted its orders, and all that were on the earth had committed all manner of evil before His eyes." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap05 version
2 Because of them lawlessness increased on the earth and all flesh corrupted its way. Men and cattle and beasts and birds and everything that walked on the earth were all corrupted in their ways and their orders, and they began to devour each other. Lawlessness increased on the earth and the imagination and thoughts of all men were continually, totally evil.
3 Elohim looked on the earth, and saw it was corrupt, and all flesh had corrupted its orders, and all that were on the earth had committed all manner of evil before His eyes." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap05 version
Jubilees chapter 4 goes on to support 1 Enoch further by adding weight to the notion that Enoch testified again these Watchers.
"21 [Enoch] was with the messengers of Elohim these six jubilees of years, and they showed him everything that is on earth and in the heavens, the rule of the sun, and he wrote down everything.22 And he testified to the Watchers, who had sinned with the daughters of men; for these had begun to unite themselves, so as to be defiled with the daughters of men, and Enoch testified against them all."-https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap04
The whole concept of fallen Watchers and nephilim does quite a bit to help explain things like the great flood and what was commanded in Canaan as well. Notice how Genesis 6:9 says that Noah was perfect in his generations.
6:5 And Elohim saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6:6 And it repented YHWH that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
6:7 And YHWH said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
6:8 But Noah found favour in the eyes of YHWH.
6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with Elohim.
-Genesis 6:5-9
6:6 And it repented YHWH that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
6:7 And YHWH said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
6:8 But Noah found favour in the eyes of YHWH.
6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with Elohim.
-Genesis 6:5-9
The word perfect in there stems from תָּמִים/tamaym/H8549. It's been speculated before that this is referring to Noah's DNA and the concept that he was genetically pure/free from angelic ancestry. And it makes sense.
Jubilees goes on to suggest that Noah established a code of law for his descendants after the flood and elaborates on what went wrong prior to it.
"20 In the twenty-eighth jubilee Noah began to direct his sons in the ordinances and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honor father and mother, and love their neighbor, and guard their souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap07
"21 Because of these three things came the flood on the earth, namely, the fornication that the Watchers committed against the law of their ordinances when they went whoring after the daughters of men, and took themselves wives of all they chose, and they made the beginning of uncleanness.
22 And they begat sons, the naphilim (Naphidim), and they were all dissimilar, and they devoured one another, and the Giants killed the Naphil, and the Naphil killed the Eljo, and the Eljo killed mankind, and man killed one another." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap07
22 And they begat sons, the naphilim (Naphidim), and they were all dissimilar, and they devoured one another, and the Giants killed the Naphil, and the Naphil killed the Eljo, and the Eljo killed mankind, and man killed one another." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap07
The Book of Enoch eventually gets into the concept of demons or evil spirits and informs the reader where they come from.
"1And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous 2man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them: "You should intercede" for men, and not men 3for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children 4of earth, and begotten giants [as your] sons? And though ye were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have begotten [children] with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood as those also do who die 5and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and beget 6children by them, that thus nothing might be wanting to them on earth. But you were formerly 7spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have not appointed wives for you; for as for the spiritual ones of the heaven, in heaven is their dwelling. 8And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon 9the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers is their beginning and primal origin; 10they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. {As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling.} And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless 12hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them." -http://qbible.com/enoch/15.html
The Book of Jubilees also delves into the concept of postflood demonic oppression and the relationship between a mysterious entity (the devil?) and demons.
"1 In the third week of this jubilee the unclean demons began to lead astray the children of the sons of Noah, and to make them sin and to destroy them.
2 The sons of Noah came to Noah their father, and they told him about the demons that were leading astray and blinding and slaying his sons’ sons.
3 And he prayed before Yah his Elohim, and said, 'Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, who have shown mercy to me and have spared me and my sons from the waters of the flood, and have not caused me to die as You did the sons of perdition; For Your grace has been great toward me, and great has been Your mercy to my soul. Let Your grace be lifted up on my sons, and do not let the wicked spirits rule over them or they will destroy them from the earth.
4 But bless me and my sons, so that we may increase and multiply and replenish the earth.
5 You know how Your Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, acted in my day, and as for these spirits which are living, imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation, and let them not bring destruction on the sons of your servant, my Elohim; for these are like cancer and are created in order to destroy.
6 Let them not rule over the spirits of the living; for You alone can exercise dominion over them. And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from now and forever.'
7 And Yah our Elohim commanded us (messengers) to bind all of them.
8 The chief of the spirits, [the devil?], came and said, 'Yah, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them listen to my voice, and do all that I shall say to them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my will on the sons of men, for these are for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great is the wickedness of the sons of men.'
9 He said, 'Let one-tenth of them remain before him, and let nine-tenths of them descend into the place of condemnation.'
10 He commanded one of us to teach Noah all their medicines, for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness.
11 We did according to all His words, all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject in the presence of [the devil?] on the earth.
12 We explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth.
13 Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from hurting the sons of Noah." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap10
2 The sons of Noah came to Noah their father, and they told him about the demons that were leading astray and blinding and slaying his sons’ sons.
3 And he prayed before Yah his Elohim, and said, 'Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, who have shown mercy to me and have spared me and my sons from the waters of the flood, and have not caused me to die as You did the sons of perdition; For Your grace has been great toward me, and great has been Your mercy to my soul. Let Your grace be lifted up on my sons, and do not let the wicked spirits rule over them or they will destroy them from the earth.
4 But bless me and my sons, so that we may increase and multiply and replenish the earth.
5 You know how Your Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, acted in my day, and as for these spirits which are living, imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation, and let them not bring destruction on the sons of your servant, my Elohim; for these are like cancer and are created in order to destroy.
6 Let them not rule over the spirits of the living; for You alone can exercise dominion over them. And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from now and forever.'
7 And Yah our Elohim commanded us (messengers) to bind all of them.
8 The chief of the spirits, [the devil?], came and said, 'Yah, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them listen to my voice, and do all that I shall say to them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my will on the sons of men, for these are for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great is the wickedness of the sons of men.'
9 He said, 'Let one-tenth of them remain before him, and let nine-tenths of them descend into the place of condemnation.'
10 He commanded one of us to teach Noah all their medicines, for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness.
11 We did according to all His words, all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject in the presence of [the devil?] on the earth.
12 We explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth.
13 Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from hurting the sons of Noah." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap10
The Book of Jubilees also touches on preflood knowledge being rediscovered by people who lived after the flood.
"1 In the twenty-ninth jubilee, in the beginning of first week, Arpachshad took to himself a wife and her name was Rasu’eja, the daughter of Susan, the daughter of Elam, and she gave birth to a son in the third year in this week, and he called his name Kainam.
2 The son grew, and his father taught him writing, and he went to seek for himself a place where he might seize a city for himself.
3 He found writing which former generations had carved on a rock, and he read what was on it, and he transcribed it and sinned because of it, for it contained the teaching of the Watchers, which they had used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.
4 He wrote it down and said nothing of it, for he was afraid to speak to Noah about it or he would be angry with him because of it." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap08
2 The son grew, and his father taught him writing, and he went to seek for himself a place where he might seize a city for himself.
3 He found writing which former generations had carved on a rock, and he read what was on it, and he transcribed it and sinned because of it, for it contained the teaching of the Watchers, which they had used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and stars in all the signs of heaven.
4 He wrote it down and said nothing of it, for he was afraid to speak to Noah about it or he would be angry with him because of it." -https://kingdompreppers.org/books/2016/7/1/the-book-of-jubilees#bk1chap08
The writing that Arpachshad found and whatever knowledge was contained within it could go a long way to help explain why mixing up the languages around the time of the Tower of Babel was as pressing of a matter as it was.
Notice what 11:6 says and how much it hints of possible problems that could come along with human technological advancement.
11:6 And YHWH said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
11:8 So YHWH scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because YHWH did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did YHWH scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:6-9
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
11:8 So YHWH scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because YHWH did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did YHWH scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:6-9
More on Genesis 11:7 and who the "us" is referring to later, but for now let's consider this interesting figure one chapter back in Genesis 10:8-12 with how directly tied he is to Babel. It could very well be him in the artwork a few or so images back.
10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before YHWH: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before YHWH.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Genesis 10:8-12
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before YHWH: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before YHWH.
10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
Genesis 10:8-12
Now compare that with Genesis 10:8-9 in Brenton's Septuagint/LXX.
Genesis 10:8 (Brenton)
And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Genesis 10:9 (Brenton)
He was a giant hunter before the Lord [Elohim]; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Genesis 10:9 (Brenton)
He was a giant hunter before the Lord [Elohim]; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Now are there any other places where the Septuagint/LXX renders something as gigantes or giants where the Masoretic Text does not? Yes, there are. Consider four chapters later in Genesis 14. It hints that there were already giants around Canaan in days of Abraham with kings at war around that land.
Genesis 14:5 (Brenton)
And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommaeans in the city Save. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommaeans in the city Save. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
And even if the KJV renders that in a way that does not allude to giants so much, the KJV itself does go on to suggest there were giants in Canaan after the Israelites left Exodus. Tainted genetics could actually do quite a bit to explain why Israelites would be obligated to kill off vast groups of people who lived in the land. Consider how huge some of these beings allegedly were. This concerns what was told to Moses after Israelites went out to scout the land prior to crossing over the Jordan river:
13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 13:27-33
13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 13:27-33
Deuteronomy even suggests that Edomites or Moabites or Ammonites or a combo were used to help destroy some giants around Canaan prior to Israel coming out of Egypt.
2:9 And YHWH said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which YHWH gave unto them.
Deuteronomy 2:9-12
2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which YHWH gave unto them.
Deuteronomy 2:9-12
2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
2:21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but YHWH destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
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:
Deuteronomy 2:19-22
2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
2:21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but YHWH destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
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:
Deuteronomy 2:19-22
Mount Hermon is even pulled into the discussion in the next chapter despite not directly being mentioned in the Old Testament prior to this.
3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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.
3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
Deuteronomy 3:8-13
3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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.
3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
Deuteronomy 3:8-13
Now one might ask, how did nephilim come to be born and physically manifest themselves in the material world once again after the Flood? There are various theories. Was it simply a case of watchers producing more offspring after the Flood? It's possible, but 1 Enoch and more suggests rebel watchers were imprisoned just prior to the Flood with a plan for them to be imprisoned for many generations. Was it a local flood that left most of the world dry? Genesis seems to suggest it was global and covered all mountains on the earth and killed all living things in flesh that breathed the breath of life (breathable air?). Did one or more nephil survive the Flood by hanging onto the ark from the outside? One or more extrabiblical work suggests something like this, but it seems pretty fantastical. What would he have ate and why would scripture not mention a huge giant hanging onto the side? Well the Book of Job (arguably the oldest book in a common Bible and composed very shortly after the Flood) might give us a clue that is brought out with the LXX/Septuagint and the Chaldee.
Job 26:5 (Brenton)
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof? -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof? -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Could it be that there were chimeric nephil hybrids (merpeople?) who lived under the water and survived the flood that way? Beings who had become public knowledge by the time Job said what he did? It might sound too incredible to believe, but consider that the chief false deity of the Philistines is a merman associated with fertility and also that there is ancient legend about a woman who had offspring with a merman. What would that consist of if not a being under the water and their neighbour?
"Apkallu (Akkadian) and Abgal (Sumerian:𒉣𒈨 ) are terms found in cuneiform inscriptions that in general mean either 'wise' or 'sage'.
In several contexts the Apkallu are seven demi-[false deities?], sometimes described as part man and part fish, associated with human wisdom; these creatures are often referred to in scholarly literature as the Seven Sages. Sometimes the sages are associated with a specific primeval king."
"The terms Apkallu (as well as Abgal) is also used as an epithet for kings and [false deities?] as a mark of wisdom or knowledge.
A further use of the term Apkallu is when referring to figurines used in apotropaic rituals; these figurines include fish-man hybrids representing the seven sages, but also include bird-headed and other figures.
In a later work by [this Babylonian writer/priest] describing Babylonia, the Apkallu appear again, also described as fish-men who are sent by the [false deities?] to impart knowledge to people. In..., the first one, [a specific false deity?], is said to have taught people the creation myth the Enuma Elis."
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apkallu
In several contexts the Apkallu are seven demi-[false deities?], sometimes described as part man and part fish, associated with human wisdom; these creatures are often referred to in scholarly literature as the Seven Sages. Sometimes the sages are associated with a specific primeval king."
"The terms Apkallu (as well as Abgal) is also used as an epithet for kings and [false deities?] as a mark of wisdom or knowledge.
A further use of the term Apkallu is when referring to figurines used in apotropaic rituals; these figurines include fish-man hybrids representing the seven sages, but also include bird-headed and other figures.
In a later work by [this Babylonian writer/priest] describing Babylonia, the Apkallu appear again, also described as fish-men who are sent by the [false deities?] to impart knowledge to people. In..., the first one, [a specific false deity?], is said to have taught people the creation myth the Enuma Elis."
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apkallu
"This writer/priest described a series of amphibians...who were credited by the Babylons with teaching them all the sciences of civilization and in fact enabling the founding of their civilization. [They] were described as having a body like a fish, or a curious 'complicated form between a fish and a man,' and to plunge beneath the sea when the sun became too hot during the day, as well as every night. Several representations of these intelligent civilizing beings are preserved in ancient Babylonian art and cylinder-seals."
http://-tinyurl.com/yc2ekabx
http://-tinyurl.com/yc2ekabx
Also consider what Pliny the Elder recorded in his day. "John F Healy, in his book Pliny the Elder- Natural History- A Selection. Penguin Books, 1991, said, 'While, today, one often gets the impression that the myths of the Greek and other civilizations were accepted on blind faith, in fact, the ancients often had bones and other artifacts to support the stories - something that makes them seem a little less like myth and more like fact once this truth is uncovered. For example, one can read this historic account by the ancient writer Pliny the Elder. Pliny was an eye witness to both the slaughters of the Jews in the Coliseum...and to the eruption of Mr. Vesuvius. Pliny said,
'Ambassadors from Olisipo, sent on a mission with this purpose in view, reported to the Emperor Tiberius that a [merman?], whose appearance is well known, had been seen and heard playing on a shell in a certain cave. I have illustrious knights as authority for the assertion that a [merman?] has been seen by them in the Gulf of Gades, perfectly resembling a man in his physical appearance. They say that he climbs aboard ships during the night, and that the side of the ship on which he sits is weighed right down, and, if he should happen to stay there an unduly long time, the ship is submerged. The bones of this monster ...were bought by Marcus Scaurus from Joppa in Judea... The monster was over 40 feet long, and the height of its ribs was greater than that of Indian elephants, while its spine was 1 1/2 feet thick.'"
'Ambassadors from Olisipo, sent on a mission with this purpose in view, reported to the Emperor Tiberius that a [merman?], whose appearance is well known, had been seen and heard playing on a shell in a certain cave. I have illustrious knights as authority for the assertion that a [merman?] has been seen by them in the Gulf of Gades, perfectly resembling a man in his physical appearance. They say that he climbs aboard ships during the night, and that the side of the ship on which he sits is weighed right down, and, if he should happen to stay there an unduly long time, the ship is submerged. The bones of this monster ...were bought by Marcus Scaurus from Joppa in Judea... The monster was over 40 feet long, and the height of its ribs was greater than that of Indian elephants, while its spine was 1 1/2 feet thick.'"
Another curiosity to add to all of this is what happened to some mermaid related websites a decade or so ago. Consider these:
http://drpaulrobertson.com/
http://mermaidsarealive.com/
http://believeinmermaids.com/
How much sense would it make for the United States Department of Justice to seize these as part of an investigation if that's exactly what happened. How about check them out using Wayback Machine for yourself. All three of these sites only go back to a snapshot where the DOJ had already taken them over, hiding whatever existed there prior.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120406004249/http://drpaulrobertson.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120418065954/http://mermaidsarealive.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120314020243/http://believeinmermaids.com/
http://drpaulrobertson.com/
http://mermaidsarealive.com/
http://believeinmermaids.com/
How much sense would it make for the United States Department of Justice to seize these as part of an investigation if that's exactly what happened. How about check them out using Wayback Machine for yourself. All three of these sites only go back to a snapshot where the DOJ had already taken them over, hiding whatever existed there prior.
https://web.archive.org/web/20120406004249/http://drpaulrobertson.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120418065954/http://mermaidsarealive.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120314020243/http://believeinmermaids.com/
Anyway, exactly how it happened is unknown, but there is quite a bit of stuff suggesting that nephilim lived after the Flood. The Book of Joshua (RNKJV) alone actually references the word giant or giants in five separate chapters. And Joshua 13:13 could mean to suggest that not all of the giants were removed from the land when the Book of Joshua was compiled. Bold emphasis added by me below.
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,
12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 12:4-5
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.
13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Joshua 13:12-13
15:8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
Joshua 15:8
17:15 And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. {giants: or, Rephaims}
Joshua 17:15
18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of the son of Hinnom, [and] which [is] in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
Joshua 18:16
12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 12:4-5
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.
13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Joshua 13:12-13
15:8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
Joshua 15:8
17:15 And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. {giants: or, Rephaims}
Joshua 17:15
18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of the son of Hinnom, [and] which [is] in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
Joshua 18:16
It's apparent that there were still a remnant of giants or people with nephil DNA in the days of David as well. First, consider the one and only Goliath. He is said to have been six cubits and a span (6.5 cubits). If we use the Egyptian cubit of 20.65 inches then we are talking about a height of over 11 feet. Also note that his sword weighed about 15 lb (600 shekels) and an average sword weighs about 3 or 4 lb.
17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel 17:4-7
17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
1 Samuel 17:4-7
17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by hiselohim.
17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of YHWH of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
17:46 This day will YHWH deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is an Elohim in Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that YHWH saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is YHWH's, and he will give you into our hands.
17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 17:42-49
17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by hiselohim.
17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of YHWH of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
17:46 This day will YHWH deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is an Elohim in Israel.
17:47 And all this assembly shall know that YHWH saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is YHWH's, and he will give you into our hands.
17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
1 Samuel 17:42-49
There was actually a huge valley in the heart of Israel named after the giants or rephaim in the days of David.
2 Samuel 5:18 (Brenton)
And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
2 Samuel 5:22 (Brenton)
And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 11:15 (Brenton)
And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines was in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 14:9 (Brenton)
And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 14:13 (Brenton)
And the Philistines once more assembled themselves in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
2 Samuel 5:22 (Brenton)
And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 11:15 (Brenton)
And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines was in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 14:9 (Brenton)
And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
1 Chronicles 14:13 (Brenton)
And the Philistines once more assembled themselves in the giants' valley. -https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
"REPHAIM, VALE OF
(`emeq repha'-im; koilas Rhaphaeim, koilas ton Titanon): This was a fertile vale (Isaiah 17:5), to the Southwest of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; the King James Version "Valley of the Giants"), on the border between Judah and Benjamin. Here David repeatedly defeated the invading Philistines..." "It is located by Josephus between Jerusalem and Bethlehem (Ant., VII, iv, i; xii, 4). It corresponds to the modern el-Biqa`, which falls away to the Southwest from the lip of the valley of Hinnom."
-https://tinyurl.com/4x25uyzh [Note the Greek translation of Titanon].
(`emeq repha'-im; koilas Rhaphaeim, koilas ton Titanon): This was a fertile vale (Isaiah 17:5), to the Southwest of Jerusalem (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16; the King James Version "Valley of the Giants"), on the border between Judah and Benjamin. Here David repeatedly defeated the invading Philistines..." "It is located by Josephus between Jerusalem and Bethlehem (Ant., VII, iv, i; xii, 4). It corresponds to the modern el-Biqa`, which falls away to the Southwest from the lip of the valley of Hinnom."
-https://tinyurl.com/4x25uyzh [Note the Greek translation of Titanon].
"When David became king over all Israel, the Philistines, judging that he would now become their uncompromising enemy, made a sudden attack upon Hebron, compelling David to retire from it. He sought refuge in 'the hold' at Adullam (2 Samuel 5:17–22), and the Philistines took up their position in (or raided) the valley of Rephaim, on the west and south-west of Jerusalem. Thus all communication between Bethlehem and Jerusalem was intercepted. While David and his army were encamped here, there occurred the battle narrated in 2 Samuel 5:17–25 and [1 Chr. 14:8–12]. Having obtained divine direction, David led his army against the Philistines, and gained a complete victory over them."
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_Rephaim
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_Rephaim
2 Samuel goes on to suggest that there were still at least a handful of giants late into David's reign. Brenton's Septuagint adds a peculiar note to its account and it gets even stranger after that.
21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
2 Samuel 21:11
2 Samuel 21:11 (Brenton)
And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, {\I and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.}
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
2 Samuel 21:11
2 Samuel 21:11 (Brenton)
And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, {\I and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.}
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
There are a number of interesting details in what follows. For starters, we get another example of the sheer size of a weapon being illustrated to the reader. In this case, someone who was "of the sons of the giant". A picture is painted like David appeared to have been in danger or was not quite as fit as he had once been in his younger years. It goes on to speak more about "the sons of the giant" and specifically references the brother of Goliath. Another individual is referred to who was "born to the giant" and had 12 fingers and 12 toes.
21:16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
2 Samuel 21:16-22
21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
2 Samuel 21:16-22
There's another very similar account in another Biblical book as well which leaves us with the name of Goliath's brother:
20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 20:4-8
20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 20:4-8
There are quite a number of places where either original source writers or LXX translators or KJV translators or a combo suggested that giants were renown for their strength in ancient times. They either directly referred to giants or nephilim or rendered rephaim or gibborim or something like they were referring to giants.
16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
-Job 16:14
-Job 16:14
Psalms 19:5 (Brenton)
(18:5) In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
(18:5) In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Let us not fail to recognize, however, who really controls the battle at the end of the day.
Psalms 33:16 (Brenton)
(32:16) A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
(32:16) A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Isaiah 49:22-26 (Brenton)
22 Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed. 24 Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take a man captive unjustly, shall he be delivered? 25 For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes them from a mighty man shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children. 26 And they that afflicted thee shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers thee, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Isaiah%2049
22 Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their princesses thy nurses, they shall bow down to thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed. 24 Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take a man captive unjustly, shall he be delivered? 25 For thus saith the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes them from a mighty man shall be delivered: for I will plead thy cause, and I will deliver thy children. 26 And they that afflicted thee shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers thee, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Isaiah%2049
In fact, Brenton's Isaiah 13 hints that the LXX translators thought the Creator was going to use giants to help fulfil His wrath in the Day of YHWH.
Isaiah 13:1-6 (Brenton)
1 THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON. 2 Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers. 3 I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. 4 A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation, 5 to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy all the world. 6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from [Elohim] shall arrive.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Isaiah%2013
1 THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON. 2 Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers. 3 I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. 4 A voice of many nations on the mountains, even like to that of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a war-like nation, 5 to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors are coming to destroy all the world. 6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from [Elohim] shall arrive.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Isaiah%2013
Moving on, notice how much suggests that ancients believed spirits of giants went to a special place of confinement in the earth and wicked people would be joining them there.
Proverbs 2:18 (Brenton)
For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near [the place of afterlife confinement in Greek mythology?] with the giants.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near [the place of afterlife confinement in Greek mythology?] with the giants.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Proverbs 21:16 (Brenton) A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Ezekiel 32:20-21 (Brenton)
20 (32:19) They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee, 21 (32:20) Be thou in the depth of the pit: to whom art thou superior? yea, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised, (32:21) in the midst of them that are slain with the sword.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Ezekiel%2032
20 (32:19) They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee, 21 (32:20) Be thou in the depth of the pit: to whom art thou superior? yea, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised, (32:21) in the midst of them that are slain with the sword.
-https://studybible.info/Brenton/Ezekiel%2032
Ezekiel 32:27 (Brenton)
And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to [the place of afterlife confinement in Greek mythology?] with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to [the place of afterlife confinement in Greek mythology?] with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life.
-https://studybible.info/search/Brenton/giant
Notice also what Josephus reports in the Antiquity of the Jews if you want extrabiblical confirmation for the existence of giants in the past.
"Josephus, Antiquities, 5.2.3.:
Josephus tells about the Jewish battle to wipe out the Nephilim in the Promised Land. He wrote that after the Jewish fighters had moved from Hebron to battle the Gibborim:
'And when they had taken it, they slew all the inhabitants. There were till then left a race of giants, who had bodies so large, and countenances so entirely different from other men, that they were surprising to the sight and terrible to the hearing. The bones of these men are still shown to this very day, unlike to any credible relations of other men.'"
"Josephus, Antiquities, 5.2.3.:
Josephus tells about the Jewish battle to wipe out the Nephilim in the Promised Land. He wrote that after the Jewish fighters had moved from Hebron to battle the Gibborim:
'And when they had taken it, they slew all the inhabitants. There were till then left a race of giants, who had bodies so large, and countenances so entirely different from other men, that they were surprising to the sight and terrible to the hearing. The bones of these men are still shown to this very day, unlike to any credible relations of other men.'"
Getting back to the Tower of Babel (where we split off for talk that was more focused on postflood nephilim?), let's focus on Genesis 11:7 and who the "us" is referring to here.
11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Genesis 11:7
Who are the "us" referred to here? One might argue that it's simply the Creator talking to Himself and/or talking to the Son and The Spirit, but I guess He's talking to His Angelic Host. And that brings us back to what Justin Martyr informed us of earlier. There might very well be angels who have a duty to oversee humanity, including some angels who rebelled against Him after taking their post. Now consider what the RNKJV version of Deuteronomy 32:8 says vs what the LXX/Septuagint version of it says.
32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
-Deuteronomy 32:8
-Deuteronomy 32:8
32:8 When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of [Elohim]. -http://qbible.com/brenton-septuagint/deuteronomy/32.html
Also, consider the following link and notice what is revealed in the Dead Sea Scrolls when it comes to Deuteronomy 32:8:
http://dssenglishbible.com/scroll4Q37.htm
"8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men,
he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children of [Elohim]."
http://dssenglishbible.com/scroll4Q37.htm
"8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
when he separated the children of men,
he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children of [Elohim]."
Now why would Jews later suppress the truth about Deuteronomy 32:8 if that's what happened? I guess there was either a conspiracy backed by fallen angels who didn't want humanity to know the truth about their presence in this world or Jews were attempting to avoid accusations of polytheism or both. Consider Daniel 10 if you want more support for the notion that individual angels were given particular nations of people to oversee. Here we find an angel who came to Daniel after he prayed. Someone referred to as the Prince of Persia withstood him and held him up or something like that and Michael came to help him. The chapter ends with a reference to the Prince of Grecia as well.
10:12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy Elohim, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
-Daniel 10:12-13
10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
-Daniel 10:12-13
10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
-Daniel 10:20-21
10:21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
-Daniel 10:20-21
Consider what John 14:30 and Luke 4:5-6 say as well. Was the devil actually given authority over the earth as a whole with other angelic beings placed below him?
14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
-John 14:30
-John 14:30
"4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it."
-Luke 4:5-6
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it."
-Luke 4:5-6
Now what else is there to help support the concept that angelic beings were given authority over nations of the world and over human governments below them? Let's start with Ecclesiastes 5:8.
5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
-Ecclesiastes 5:8
-Ecclesiastes 5:8
So is there not essentially an angelic hierarchy above human government with the Creator Himself as King/Judge if we consider stuff like Psalm 82, Job 1:6-7, 2 Kings 22:19-22 and what Jubilees told us after Noah praying about demons? But don't doubt that the Most High sees what is going on and has a plan to make things right. Notice what Yahushua says in Matthew 20:25 specifically.
20:25 But Yahushua called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
-Matthew 20:25-28
20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
-Matthew 20:25-28
Who are "they that are great" who exercise authority upon the princes of the Nations/Gentiles if not some kind of angelic hierarchy/heavenly counsel?
The word control might be a bit of a stretch. Don't doubt that everything is possible for the Creator, whether or not He is waiting for wheat/tares to grow and standing by a prescribed time allotted for angelic beings to have dominion over nations of the world. He might be speaking to a heavenly hierarchy directly in Psalm 82. If he was just talking to men here, how much sense would it make for Him to tell them that they would die like men?
82:1 Elohim standeth in the congregation of El; he judgeth among the elohim.
82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
82:6 I have said, Ye are elohim; and all of you are children of the most High.
82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
82:8 Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Psalm 82:1-8
82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
82:6 I have said, Ye are elohim; and all of you are children of the most High.
82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
82:8 Arise, O Elohim, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Psalm 82:1-8
Compare with Matthew 21. What is the tower symbolic of? And could this be about more than simple human teachers of Torah if we consider what Christ said in 20:25 in the previous chapter?
21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
21:40 When the master therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
21:42 Yahushua saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is YHWH's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of Elohim shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Matthew 21:33-43
21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
21:40 When the master therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
21:42 Yahushua saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is YHWH's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of Elohim shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Matthew 21:33-43
And what nation is referred to in Matthew 21:43 if it tells us that the kingdom of Elohim would be taken from them and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof? Daniel 7:27, Jeremiah 30:20-22 and Luke 19:15-19 and other passages might help answer that.
7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Daniel 7:27
Daniel 7:27
30:20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith YHWH.
30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
Jeremiah 30:21-23
30:21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith YHWH.
30:22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim.
Jeremiah 30:21-23
19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
19:16 Then came the first, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luke 19:15-19
19:16 Then came the first, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luke 19:15-19
Scripture suggests that not only will worldly kings be punished, but also the host of the high ones on high (see below). It also suggests that loyal servants shall be given more authority at one or more point moving forward. It remains to be seen who among His ancients will be repentant and reconciled after being imprisoned.
24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that YHWH shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when YHWH of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Isaiah 24:21-24
24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when YHWH of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Isaiah 24:21-24
25:7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Master YHWH will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for YHWH hath spoken it.
Isaiah 25:7-8
25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Master YHWH will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for YHWH hath spoken it.
Isaiah 25:7-8
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1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Jude 1:6-7
1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Jude 1:6-7
1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, YHWH cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are wicked among them of all their wicked deeds which they have wicked committed, and of all their hard speeches which wicked sinners have spoken against him.
Jude 1:14-15
1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are wicked among them of all their wicked deeds which they have wicked committed, and of all their hard speeches which wicked sinners have spoken against him.
Jude 1:14-15
"Not only did Amerigo Vespucci and Magellan speak about their first hand encounters with giants but so did Sir Francis Drake, Coronado, De Soto, Narvaez and others. They all talk about giants they encountered on their journeys. These are all documented, eyewitness sightings - which historians currently do their best to hide from the public.375 Pedro de Castaeda, who accompanied Coronado, wrote of the Cocopa Indian tribe that they were giants who could carry logs that six of the Spaniards couldn't budge.376
Archeologists often discover these large bones in graves. But these are usually dismissed as being bones of 'mastodons' - a premise that's hard to justify given the fact that the creatures are often buried in human graves wearing battle armor along with a shield and massive sword."
Archeologists often discover these large bones in graves. But these are usually dismissed as being bones of 'mastodons' - a premise that's hard to justify given the fact that the creatures are often buried in human graves wearing battle armor along with a shield and massive sword."
"Glenn photographed the mummies of two of these giant men in Lima Peru in 1969. These giants are still in the gold museum in Lima Peru today and can be seen by anyone who visits. They were mummified because their golden robes are prominently on display. Their crowns could fit around Glenn's waist. Their golden gloves have fingers ten inches long. Their mummies can be measured with a tape and they were both around nine and a half feet tall. There were other personal items fit for a giant king, that wouldn't have been useful to a man of normal size. The actual bodies are there incased in glass for all to see. The news media has never photographed anyone nine and a half feet tall.
These were not mutations. A mutation is something that happens once in a 'blue moon'. There were two giants in Peru side by side from successive generations. What makes the story even stranger is that the average height of the Peruvians, both now and historically, is well under six feet high."
These were not mutations. A mutation is something that happens once in a 'blue moon'. There were two giants in Peru side by side from successive generations. What makes the story even stranger is that the average height of the Peruvians, both now and historically, is well under six feet high."
"This isn't the only time Giants were mentioned by prominent people who visited South America. Don Cieza de Leon and Agustin de Zarate published texts on South American Giants in 1553 AD and 1555 respectively. These books came just after the arrival of the conquistadores and were published within twenty years of Pizarro. They said that the native traditions told the incoming Spanish that the giants came to the Americas on raft-like boats. Some of these men were so tall that from the knee down they were as big as a man. Their eyes were the size of plates. Some were clad in skins and others were mostly naked. They said that there were no women on these boats, which was strange indeed. These giants dug deep wells for water that still exist today through solid rock. Cieza de Leon said that when Don Antonio de Mendoza went to Cuzco Peru in 1560 that he found tombs with extremely large bones, similar to the ones that were already found in Mexico City at the time of Montezuma." "... Acosta found similar large bones in 1560 in Manta Peru where they later found similar bones in 1928 when constructing the railroad to Ecuador. They were hidden behind stalagmites in caves."
When Diego de Ordaz climbed to the high volcano of Popocatepetl, near Mexico City, according to Las Casas, he found a giant thigh bone that he sent to the Vatican. When Cortez invaded Mexico his men found living giants in this region and reported them. In their written testimonies they tore a few ribs from the dead bodies of these giants and brought them back to Spain with them.
In the summer of 1931 Monsignor F. Lunadi organized an expedition into the jungles of San Agustin. He found traces of a very ancient South American empire known to the old British buccaneers of the seventeenth century. These men were giants who had knowledge of electricity which they used in various forms.
"This race of ancient white giant men with beards was called [...]. Pedro Cieza de Leon said that they came long before the Incas began to reign. The Indians also called these white men Titicaca, like Lake Titicaca today located high in the mountains between Bolivia and Peru. Glenn Lived in Juliaca Peru on the sores of Lake Titicaca, very close to the ancient city of Tiauanacu where there are huge statues to the giants with six fingers and toes to this day. On the door to the sun, the main entrance to their temple, is carved the image of [...], the creator of not only their civilization, but the white bearded [Deity] who created the whole world. This temple has many similarities to the Masonic temples of our day."
"At the ruins of Pachacamac where US and British archeologists and the Carnegie Institution are working today, the giants are mentioned. It is said that they built large beautiful temples with iron tools around 500 BC. The tradition has it that these giant men had no women in their group and were later consumed in fire from heaven."
"The North American Indians believed that the first race of human beings were giants. In the autobiography of William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, Cody writes that while camping on the South Platte, a Pawnee Indian came into the camp with what the army surgeon pronounced to be a giant thigh bone of a human being. When Cody asked about where such a bone might have come from, the Indian replied that long ago a race of giants had lived in the area. This race of men had been three times larger than normal men and able to out-run a buffalo and even carry it in one hand. Cody wrote:
'These giants denied the existence of a Great Spirit, so he caused a great rain storm to come, and the water kept rising higher and higher so that it drove these proud, and conceited giants from the low ground to the hills, and thence to the mountains, but at last even the mountain tops were submerged and then those mammoth men were all drowned. After the flood had subsided, the Great Spirit came to the conclusion that he had made man too large and powerful, and that he would therefore, correct the mistake by creating a race of men of smaller size and less strength. This is the reason, say the Indians, that modern men are small and not like the giants of old, and they claim that this story is a matter of Indian history, which has been handed down among them from time immemorial.'
The bones that were in the possession of Buffalo Bill were given to the museum, that promptly hid them. They continue to be lost to us today, though many saw them at the time."
'These giants denied the existence of a Great Spirit, so he caused a great rain storm to come, and the water kept rising higher and higher so that it drove these proud, and conceited giants from the low ground to the hills, and thence to the mountains, but at last even the mountain tops were submerged and then those mammoth men were all drowned. After the flood had subsided, the Great Spirit came to the conclusion that he had made man too large and powerful, and that he would therefore, correct the mistake by creating a race of men of smaller size and less strength. This is the reason, say the Indians, that modern men are small and not like the giants of old, and they claim that this story is a matter of Indian history, which has been handed down among them from time immemorial.'
The bones that were in the possession of Buffalo Bill were given to the museum, that promptly hid them. They continue to be lost to us today, though many saw them at the time."
"William Turner, the naturalist and dean of Wells (d. 1568), mentions that on the coast of Brazil, near the river Polata, he saw a tribe of very gigantic naked savages, one of whom he estimated to be twelve feet tall.
While in Brazil, Knyvet several times saw an Indian who, though still a youth, towered to a height of thirteen spans. Since thirteen spans equals nine feet, nine inches, this would have made the giant about the same size as Goliath."
While in Brazil, Knyvet several times saw an Indian who, though still a youth, towered to a height of thirteen spans. Since thirteen spans equals nine feet, nine inches, this would have made the giant about the same size as Goliath."
"Reaveneau de Lussan reported contact with natives of Chile that were of enormous bulk and stature. Frezier also relates that natives of the coast of Chile told him that some of the Indians living inland stood nine feet high.
Captain George Shelvock, on his voyage in 1719 to the Island of Chiloe off the coast of Chile, saw Indians which stood nine to ten feet high."
Captain George Shelvock, on his voyage in 1719 to the Island of Chiloe off the coast of Chile, saw Indians which stood nine to ten feet high."
"Soon after Maldonado discovered the Seri giants, Captain Melchior Diaz came across another tribe of huge Indians while searching farther up the coast for the ships carrying supplies for Coronado's 1540 expedition. Pedro de Castaneda reported that, 'After going about 150 leagues, they came to a province of exceedingly tall and strong men-like giants.' Evidently, these were the Cocopa, a Yuman tribe who also inhabited the lower Rio Colorado, which the Indians called Rio del Tison."
"Antonio Francesco Pigafetta, [...] of Magellan's circumnavigation of the world: 'We had been two whole months in this harbor without sighting anyone when one day (quite without warning) we saw on the shore a huge giant, who was naked, and who danced, leaped and sang, all the while throwing sand and dust on his head. Our Captain ordered one of the crew to walk towards him, telling this man also to dance, leap and sing as a sign of friendship. This he did, and led the giant to a place by the shore where the Captain was waiting. And when the giant saw us, he marveled and was afraid, and pointed to the sky, believing we came from heaven. He was so tall that even the largest of us came only to midway between his waist and his shoulder; 621 yet with all he was well proportioned. He had a large face, painted round with red; his eyes were ringed with yellow and in the middle of his cheeks were painted two hearts. He had hardly any hair on his head, what little he had being painted white....'
Rupert Gould said in his book Enigmas in 1945, included another quote about Magellan's voyage and added, This man was so tall that our heads scarcely came up to his waist, and his voice was like that of a bull."
Rupert Gould said in his book Enigmas in 1945, included another quote about Magellan's voyage and added, This man was so tall that our heads scarcely came up to his waist, and his voice was like that of a bull."
"Many of the other natives in this region were also very tall; this would lead to the naming of those in the region the 'Patagonian Giants', Patagonian meaning 'people of the long feet.'"
"P. Joseph Tarrubia wrote in his Gianthologia, published in Madrid in 1761, that some utensils found in South America were of such enormous size that they could only have been used by giants. He also noted that several Spanish settlers told of having seen monstrous men, ranging from nine to ten feet in height, when they sometimes strayed from their wild retreats verging toward the Straits of Magellan. Tarrubia further related that: '…the South Americans had a body of soldiers, consisting of about four hundred men, the shortest of whom was not shorter than nine feet and the tallest about eleven feet.'"
"Twenty years before Magellan came, Amerigo Vespucci and some fellow sailors sighted several giants off the coast of Venezuela. Amerigo, for whom approximately one-third of the world was later named, recounted this experience: "Thus sailing along, we came upon an island [Curasao] which was situated fifteen leagues from the mainland. At our arrival, since we saw no people and the island looked favorable to us, we decided to explore it, and eleven of us landed. We discovered a trail and set ourselves to walk on it two leagues and a half inland; we met with a village of twelve houses in which we did not find anyone except seven women. They were of such great stature that there was not one of them who was not taller than every one of us by a span and a half [about 19 inches]. When they saw us they were very much afraid of us. The chief one of them, who was certainly a discreet woman, by signs hauled us up to a house and made them give us refreshments. When we saw such noble women, we determined to carry off two of them, who were young women fifteen years of age, and make a present of them to the king. They were creatures whose stature was certainly above that of average men. While we were thus plotting, thirty-six men arrived, who entered the house where we were drinking, and they were of such lofty stature that each of them was taller when upon his knees than I was when standing erect. They were of the stature of giants in their great size and in the proportion of their bodies, which corresponded with their height.
When the men entered, some of our fellows were so frightened that at the moment they thought they were done for. The warriors had bows and arrows and tremendous oar blades, finished off like swords. When they saw our small stature, they began to converse with us to learn who we were and whence we came. We gave them soft words for the sake of amity and replied to them in sign language that we were men of peace and that we were out to see the world. In fact, we judged it wise to part from them without controversy, and so we went by the same trail by which we had come. They stuck with us all the way to the sea and until we embarked."
When the men entered, some of our fellows were so frightened that at the moment they thought they were done for. The warriors had bows and arrows and tremendous oar blades, finished off like swords. When they saw our small stature, they began to converse with us to learn who we were and whence we came. We gave them soft words for the sake of amity and replied to them in sign language that we were men of peace and that we were out to see the world. In fact, we judged it wise to part from them without controversy, and so we went by the same trail by which we had come. They stuck with us all the way to the sea and until we embarked."
"Critics have long suggested that the stories from South America are just too incredible to be true. They have openly asked why there aren't stories of giants in the North America. Nothing could be farther from the truth."
"The stories of the giants are located in every state in the union and are beyond the scope of a single class. However, to illustrate this point we choose Ohio.
The History of Marion County, Ohio (1883)
A picture of a skull from 1996, taken by J.C. Chatters of Kennewick Man, Washington State is that of a giant. Giants were also found when removing the gravel bluffs for the construction and repairs of roads.
The History of Brown County, Ohio (1883)
Mastodonic remains are occasionally unearthed and from time to time; discoveries of the remains of Indian settlements. Among the ruins are gigantic skeletons with high cheek bones, powerful jaws and massive frames peculiar to the Red man.
Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Ohio Area
Satterfield, a justice of the peace, said that three giant skeletons were found at the mouth of the Paw Paw Creek. Jim Dean and others found the bones while digging a bridge foundation. She said it was Dr. Kidwell, of Fairmont, who examined them and said they were very old, perhaps thousands of years old. She said that when the skeletons were exposed to the weather for a few days, their bones turned black and began to crumble. All these skeletons, she said, were measured and found to be about eight feet long.
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County
Edited by Newton Bateman, L.L.D. and Paul Selby, A.M. (1902)
'The Mound Builders occupied Lake County Illinois. These mounds were quite numerous. Excavations have revealed the crumbling bones of a mighty race. Samuel Miller, who has resided in the county 1835, is authority for the statement that one skeleton which he assisted in unearthing was a trifle more than eight feet in length, the skull being correspondingly large, while many other skeletons measured at least seven feet.'
Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes
Editor: Henry Howe, L.L.D. (1888)
'There were mounds situated in the eastern part of the village of Conneaut and an extensive burying-ground near the Presbyterian Church, which appear to have had no connection with the burying places of the Indians. Among the human bones found in the mounds were some belonging to men of gigantic structure. Some of the skulls were of sufficient capacity to admit the head of an ordinary man, and jaw bones that might have been fitted on over the face with equal facility. The other bones were proportionately large.'
The Firelands Pioneer (1858)
'In this connection I would say that Mr. Jonathan Brooks, now living in town, stated to me that his father, Benjamin Brooks, who lived with the Indians fourteen years, and was well acquainted with their language and traditions, told him and others that it was a tradition of the Indians that the first tribe occupying this whole country, was a black-bearded race, very large in size and subsequently a red-bearded race or tribe came and killed or drove off all the black-beards.'
The Adair County (Kentucky) News: ([1/5/1897])
'An old Indian mound has been opened on the farm of Harrison Robinson, four miles east of Jackson, Ohio. Two skeletons of extraordinary size and great quantities of trinkets were removed.'
American Indian Myths and Mysteries
Vincent H. Gaddis (1977)
'He further told me of the killing of a big Indian at Buckchitawa, about the time of the settlement at Marietta. The Indians had a white prisoner whom they forced to decoy boats to the shore. A small boat was descending the river containing white people, when this prisoner was placed under the bank to tell those in the boat that he had escaped captivity, and to come to the shore and take him in. The Indians were concealed, but the big Indian stuck his head out from behind a large tree, when it was pierced by a bullet from the gun of the steersman of the boat. The Indians cried out Wetzel, Wetzel, and fled. This was the last ever seen of the prisoner. The Indians returned next day and buried the big Indian, who, he said, was twenty inches taller than he was, and he was a tall man. '
Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio
'When Chester Bishop was digging a cellar for Asahel Booth, at Clarington, many years ago, he came across a skeleton, the bones of which were removed carefully by Dr. Richard Kirkpatrick, and from his measurements the height of the man when living would have been 8 feet and 5 inches.
Ironton Register, Proctorville, ([5/5/1892])
'Where Proctorville now stands was one day part of a well paved city, but I think the greater part of it is now in the Ohio River. Only a few mounds, there; one of which was near the C. Wilgus mansion and contained a skeleton of a very large person, all double teeth, and sound, in a jaw bone that would go over the jaw with the flesh on, of a large man; the common burying ground was well filled with skeletons at a depth of about 6 feet.'
Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands
Theresa Thorndale, Sandusky, Ohio (1898)
A large quantity of human bones was discovered in a fissure in the limestone near the United States Coast Guard lighthouse. A crude tomb of black stone slabs, of a formation not known on the island… Eight skeletons were found, one measuring over seven feet in height.
Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes, p.p.350-351 Noble County, Ohio
'In Seneca township was opened, in 1872, one of the numerous Indian mounds that abound in the neighborhood. This particular one was locally known as the 'Bates' mound. Upon being dug into it was found to contain a few broken pieces of earthenware, a lot of flint-heads and one or two stone implements and the remains of three skeletons, whose size would indicate they measured in life at least eight feet in height. The remarkable feature of these remains was they had double teeth in front as well as in back of the mouth and in both upper and lower jaws. Upon exposure to the atmosphere the skeletons crumbled back to Mother Earth.'
The Mound Builders: Robert Silverberg
'This band of people of great size forced its way into the Ohio Valley about 1000 B.C... Perhaps there was a small elite of round-headed giants dominating and ruling an existing long-headed natives...'
A History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (1878)
'In cultivating the soil in the vicinity, implements have been found, and in excavating the ground for graves it is said that bones have been exhumed which seemed to have belonged to a race of giants. This land at one time belonged to a Mr. Pegleg Sweet, who was a man of large size…he, in digging, came upon a skull and jaw which were of such size that the skull would cover his head and the jaw could be easily slipped over his face...The graves were distinguished by slight depressions in the surface of the earth, disposed in straight rows, which, with intervening spaces or valleys, covered the entire area. The number of these graves has been estimated at being between two and three thousand.
Aaron Wright, Esq., in 1800, made a careful examination of these depressions, and found them invariably to contain human bones blackened with time, which upon exposure to the air soon crumbled to dust. Some of these bones were of unusual size, and evidently belonged to a race allied to giants. Skulls were taken from these mounds, the cavities of which were of sufficient capacity to admit the head of an ordinary man, and jaw-bone that might be fitted over the face with equal facility. The bones of the upper and lower extremities were of corresponding size.'
History of Logan County, Illinois (1886)
'It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the places of sepulture raised by the Mound Builders from the more modern graves of the Indians. The graves of the former were in general larger than those of the latter, and were used as receptacles for greater numbers of bodies, and contained relics of art, evincing a higher degree of civilization than that attained by the Indians. The ancient earthworks of the Mound Builders have occasionally been appropriated as burial places by the Indians, but the skeletons of the latter may be distinguished from the osteological remains of the former by their greater stature.'
Firelands Pioneer (1858)
'There are quite a number of mounds, in the township, where the bones, and sometimes the whole skeleton of the human race have been found. The bones and skeletons found are very large and some of the inhabitants think they must have belonged to a race of beings much larger in size than the Indians found here by the first settlers.'
History of Morrow County and Ohio (1880)
'In 1829, When the hotel was built in Chesterville, a mound nearby was made to furnish the material for the brick. In digging it away, a large human skeleton was found, but no measurements were made. It is related that the jaw-bone was found to fit easily over that of a citizen of the village, who was remarkable for his large jaw. The local physicians examined the cranium and found it proportionately large, with more teeth than the white race of today. The skeleton was taken to Mansfield, and has been lost.'
The History of Medina County, Ohio (1881)
'In digging the cellar of the house, nine human skeletons were found and like such specimens from other ancient mounds of the country, they showed that the Mound Builders were men of large stature… When the skeletons were found, Mr. Harris was about twenty years of age, yet he states that he could put one of the skulls over his head, and let it rest upon his shoulders, while wearing a cap at the same time. The large size of all the bones was remarked and the teeth were described as "double all the way around".'"
The History of Marion County, Ohio (1883)
A picture of a skull from 1996, taken by J.C. Chatters of Kennewick Man, Washington State is that of a giant. Giants were also found when removing the gravel bluffs for the construction and repairs of roads.
The History of Brown County, Ohio (1883)
Mastodonic remains are occasionally unearthed and from time to time; discoveries of the remains of Indian settlements. Among the ruins are gigantic skeletons with high cheek bones, powerful jaws and massive frames peculiar to the Red man.
Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Ohio Area
Satterfield, a justice of the peace, said that three giant skeletons were found at the mouth of the Paw Paw Creek. Jim Dean and others found the bones while digging a bridge foundation. She said it was Dr. Kidwell, of Fairmont, who examined them and said they were very old, perhaps thousands of years old. She said that when the skeletons were exposed to the weather for a few days, their bones turned black and began to crumble. All these skeletons, she said, were measured and found to be about eight feet long.
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Lake County
Edited by Newton Bateman, L.L.D. and Paul Selby, A.M. (1902)
'The Mound Builders occupied Lake County Illinois. These mounds were quite numerous. Excavations have revealed the crumbling bones of a mighty race. Samuel Miller, who has resided in the county 1835, is authority for the statement that one skeleton which he assisted in unearthing was a trifle more than eight feet in length, the skull being correspondingly large, while many other skeletons measured at least seven feet.'
Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes
Editor: Henry Howe, L.L.D. (1888)
'There were mounds situated in the eastern part of the village of Conneaut and an extensive burying-ground near the Presbyterian Church, which appear to have had no connection with the burying places of the Indians. Among the human bones found in the mounds were some belonging to men of gigantic structure. Some of the skulls were of sufficient capacity to admit the head of an ordinary man, and jaw bones that might have been fitted on over the face with equal facility. The other bones were proportionately large.'
The Firelands Pioneer (1858)
'In this connection I would say that Mr. Jonathan Brooks, now living in town, stated to me that his father, Benjamin Brooks, who lived with the Indians fourteen years, and was well acquainted with their language and traditions, told him and others that it was a tradition of the Indians that the first tribe occupying this whole country, was a black-bearded race, very large in size and subsequently a red-bearded race or tribe came and killed or drove off all the black-beards.'
The Adair County (Kentucky) News: ([1/5/1897])
'An old Indian mound has been opened on the farm of Harrison Robinson, four miles east of Jackson, Ohio. Two skeletons of extraordinary size and great quantities of trinkets were removed.'
American Indian Myths and Mysteries
Vincent H. Gaddis (1977)
'He further told me of the killing of a big Indian at Buckchitawa, about the time of the settlement at Marietta. The Indians had a white prisoner whom they forced to decoy boats to the shore. A small boat was descending the river containing white people, when this prisoner was placed under the bank to tell those in the boat that he had escaped captivity, and to come to the shore and take him in. The Indians were concealed, but the big Indian stuck his head out from behind a large tree, when it was pierced by a bullet from the gun of the steersman of the boat. The Indians cried out Wetzel, Wetzel, and fled. This was the last ever seen of the prisoner. The Indians returned next day and buried the big Indian, who, he said, was twenty inches taller than he was, and he was a tall man. '
Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio
'When Chester Bishop was digging a cellar for Asahel Booth, at Clarington, many years ago, he came across a skeleton, the bones of which were removed carefully by Dr. Richard Kirkpatrick, and from his measurements the height of the man when living would have been 8 feet and 5 inches.
Ironton Register, Proctorville, ([5/5/1892])
'Where Proctorville now stands was one day part of a well paved city, but I think the greater part of it is now in the Ohio River. Only a few mounds, there; one of which was near the C. Wilgus mansion and contained a skeleton of a very large person, all double teeth, and sound, in a jaw bone that would go over the jaw with the flesh on, of a large man; the common burying ground was well filled with skeletons at a depth of about 6 feet.'
Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands
Theresa Thorndale, Sandusky, Ohio (1898)
A large quantity of human bones was discovered in a fissure in the limestone near the United States Coast Guard lighthouse. A crude tomb of black stone slabs, of a formation not known on the island… Eight skeletons were found, one measuring over seven feet in height.
Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes, p.p.350-351 Noble County, Ohio
'In Seneca township was opened, in 1872, one of the numerous Indian mounds that abound in the neighborhood. This particular one was locally known as the 'Bates' mound. Upon being dug into it was found to contain a few broken pieces of earthenware, a lot of flint-heads and one or two stone implements and the remains of three skeletons, whose size would indicate they measured in life at least eight feet in height. The remarkable feature of these remains was they had double teeth in front as well as in back of the mouth and in both upper and lower jaws. Upon exposure to the atmosphere the skeletons crumbled back to Mother Earth.'
The Mound Builders: Robert Silverberg
'This band of people of great size forced its way into the Ohio Valley about 1000 B.C... Perhaps there was a small elite of round-headed giants dominating and ruling an existing long-headed natives...'
A History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (1878)
'In cultivating the soil in the vicinity, implements have been found, and in excavating the ground for graves it is said that bones have been exhumed which seemed to have belonged to a race of giants. This land at one time belonged to a Mr. Pegleg Sweet, who was a man of large size…he, in digging, came upon a skull and jaw which were of such size that the skull would cover his head and the jaw could be easily slipped over his face...The graves were distinguished by slight depressions in the surface of the earth, disposed in straight rows, which, with intervening spaces or valleys, covered the entire area. The number of these graves has been estimated at being between two and three thousand.
Aaron Wright, Esq., in 1800, made a careful examination of these depressions, and found them invariably to contain human bones blackened with time, which upon exposure to the air soon crumbled to dust. Some of these bones were of unusual size, and evidently belonged to a race allied to giants. Skulls were taken from these mounds, the cavities of which were of sufficient capacity to admit the head of an ordinary man, and jaw-bone that might be fitted over the face with equal facility. The bones of the upper and lower extremities were of corresponding size.'
History of Logan County, Illinois (1886)
'It is sometimes difficult to distinguish the places of sepulture raised by the Mound Builders from the more modern graves of the Indians. The graves of the former were in general larger than those of the latter, and were used as receptacles for greater numbers of bodies, and contained relics of art, evincing a higher degree of civilization than that attained by the Indians. The ancient earthworks of the Mound Builders have occasionally been appropriated as burial places by the Indians, but the skeletons of the latter may be distinguished from the osteological remains of the former by their greater stature.'
Firelands Pioneer (1858)
'There are quite a number of mounds, in the township, where the bones, and sometimes the whole skeleton of the human race have been found. The bones and skeletons found are very large and some of the inhabitants think they must have belonged to a race of beings much larger in size than the Indians found here by the first settlers.'
History of Morrow County and Ohio (1880)
'In 1829, When the hotel was built in Chesterville, a mound nearby was made to furnish the material for the brick. In digging it away, a large human skeleton was found, but no measurements were made. It is related that the jaw-bone was found to fit easily over that of a citizen of the village, who was remarkable for his large jaw. The local physicians examined the cranium and found it proportionately large, with more teeth than the white race of today. The skeleton was taken to Mansfield, and has been lost.'
The History of Medina County, Ohio (1881)
'In digging the cellar of the house, nine human skeletons were found and like such specimens from other ancient mounds of the country, they showed that the Mound Builders were men of large stature… When the skeletons were found, Mr. Harris was about twenty years of age, yet he states that he could put one of the skulls over his head, and let it rest upon his shoulders, while wearing a cap at the same time. The large size of all the bones was remarked and the teeth were described as "double all the way around".'"
"For years the Smithsonian Institution has been accused of hiding in storage vaults things it doesn't like. In 1968 two Neanderthal-like skulls with low foreheads and large brows were found in Minnesota. As for dating, University of Minnesota scientists said they were reluctant to destroy any of the material, although carbon-14 testing only requires the burning of one gram of bone. They were sent to the Smithsonian. Later Dr. Lawrence Angel, curator of physical anthropology at the institution, said he had no record of the skulls there, although he was sure they were not lost."
"History of Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio (1879)
Excerpt recorded by W.W. Williams
'In the township of Milan there were three clearly-defined [sic] fortifications when the first settlers came into the country, and they are still not entirely leveled by the plowshare. All three were upon the high banks of the Huron ...
F. W. Fowler, one of the pioneers of Milan, describes these earth-works [sic], as first seen by him, to have been from two to four feet above the surface of the ground. Large trees were growing upon some of these embankments. Near these forts were mounds or hillocks, which were found to contain human bones, promiscuously, thrown together, as if a large number of bodies had been buried at one time. The skull bones, when found entire, were shown by measurement to be larger, upon the average, than those of the present race, and all exhibited marks that would indicate that life had been taken in deadly combat. Scattered among the skulls and vertebrae, and arm and leg bones, were stone pipes and fragments of burnt clay.'
'In Muskingum County's Brush Creek Township, in a document dated [3/3/1880], a mound located on the farm of J.M. Baughman was measured 64 feet in width, 90 feet in length, and 11 feet, 3 inches in height. It was flat on top, an unusual condition for a mound. The mound achieved its odd shape possibly because of the stone altar, owning similar dimensions, found within. The structure was located on the summit of a hill, 152 feet above the Brush Creek In it were discovered the bones of men and women, buried in couples—the length of their skeletons exceeding eight and even nine feet. The excavation was started in early December, 1870. There was another "dig" included as well. This reflected an attitude toward the then-existing archaeologists, whom these people apparently held in low regard.'
Excerpt recorded by W.W. Williams
'In the township of Milan there were three clearly-defined [sic] fortifications when the first settlers came into the country, and they are still not entirely leveled by the plowshare. All three were upon the high banks of the Huron ...
F. W. Fowler, one of the pioneers of Milan, describes these earth-works [sic], as first seen by him, to have been from two to four feet above the surface of the ground. Large trees were growing upon some of these embankments. Near these forts were mounds or hillocks, which were found to contain human bones, promiscuously, thrown together, as if a large number of bodies had been buried at one time. The skull bones, when found entire, were shown by measurement to be larger, upon the average, than those of the present race, and all exhibited marks that would indicate that life had been taken in deadly combat. Scattered among the skulls and vertebrae, and arm and leg bones, were stone pipes and fragments of burnt clay.'
'In Muskingum County's Brush Creek Township, in a document dated [3/3/1880], a mound located on the farm of J.M. Baughman was measured 64 feet in width, 90 feet in length, and 11 feet, 3 inches in height. It was flat on top, an unusual condition for a mound. The mound achieved its odd shape possibly because of the stone altar, owning similar dimensions, found within. The structure was located on the summit of a hill, 152 feet above the Brush Creek In it were discovered the bones of men and women, buried in couples—the length of their skeletons exceeding eight and even nine feet. The excavation was started in early December, 1870. There was another "dig" included as well. This reflected an attitude toward the then-existing archaeologists, whom these people apparently held in low regard.'
"In order to see that the discoveries of bones didn't happen all at once as the result of mass hysteria we include a timeline of some of the giant finds.
1800 Ohio, Conneaut: Among the normal size skeletons found in the remains of mounds were found gigantic bones. Some of the skulls and jaws were large enough to fit over the head and face of a normal man.
1821 Tennessee, White County: An ancient fortification contained skeletons of gigantic stature averaging at least 7 feet in length.
1825 Ohio Valley: David Cusick, a Tuscorora by birth, wrote that among the legends of the ancient people of the stock, there was a powerful tribe called Ronnongwetowanca. They were giants, and had a 'considerable habitation.' When the Great Spirit made the people, some of them became giants. After a time, and having endured the outrages of these giants, it is said that the people banded together, and through the final force of about 800 warriors, successfully annihilated the abhorrent Ronnongwetowanca. After that, it was said that there were no giants anywhere. This was supposed to have happened around 2,500 winters before Columbus discovered America, around 1000 BC.
1829 Ohio, Chesterville: In digging away a mound where a hotel was to be built, a large human skeleton was found, but no measurements were made. It is related that the jawbone was found to fit easily over that of a citizen of the village. The local physicians examined the cranium and found it proportionately large, with more teeth than the white race of today. The skeleton was taken to Mansfield, and has been lost.
1833 California, Lompock Rancho: Soldiers digging at Giant Lompock Rancho, California, discovered a male skeleton 12 feet tall. Carved shells, stone axes, and other artifacts surrounded the skeleton. The skeleton had double rows of upper and lower teeth. Unfortunately, this body was secretly buried when local Indians became upset about the remains.
1845 Virginia: A human jaw bone of great size was uncovered in a burial mound on which the teeth stood transversely in the jawbone.
1849 New York: From 'Illustrations of the Ancient Monuments of Western New York' comes the report that an elliptical mound above near the Conewango Valley held eight big skeletons. Also discovered in the area were a number of other large skeletons one almost 9 feet in height.
1856 West Virginia, Wheeling: A human skeleton was discovered by laborers while plowing a vineyard measuring almost 11 feet tall.
1870 Ohio: In Brush Creek Township a large mound contained skeletal remains of several humans up to nine feet tall.
1872 Ohio, Seneca Township: When the 'Bates' mound was opened the remains of three skeletons, whose size would indicate they measured in life, at least, eight feet in height, were found. A remarkable feature of these remains was they had double teeth in front as well as in back of mouth and in both upper and lower jaws.
1877 Missouri, Kansas City: A giant skull was unearthed when mounds wore opened and giant man tracks belonging to humans 25 to 30 feet tall were discovered.
1877 Nevada, Eureka: Prospectors found a human leg bone and kneecap sticking out of solid rock. Doctors examined the remains and determined they were from a human being, and one that stood over 12 feet tall. The rock in which the bones were found was dated geologically to the Jurassic Period, over 185 million years old.
1879 Indiana, Brewersville: A skeleton almost ten feet tall was excavated from a mound.
1880 Ohio, Zanesville: A skeleton was reported to have been of enormous dimensions found in a clay coffin, with a sandstone slab containing hieroglyphics.
1880 Minnesota, Clearwater: Several giant skeletons were found with double rows of teeth.
1883 North Dakota, Mandan: A cemetery of over 100 acres filled with bones of a giant race was discovered.
1884 West Virginia, Kanawha County: A skeleton 7 feet 6 inches long was found in a massive stone structure that was likened to a temple chamber within a mound.
1886 Illinois: A number of large skeletons were found in Logan County and artifacts showing a degree of advancement much higher that the native population had attained.
1891 Arizona, Crittenden: A giant was unearthed and a huge stone coffin that had evidently once held the body of a man 12 feet tall. A carving on the granite case indicated that he had six toes.
1895 Ohio, Toledo: A mound held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east 'twice as large as those of present day people.'
1923 Arizona, Grand Canyon: The bodies of two petrified human beings 15 and 18 feet in height were discovered.
1911 California, Lovelock Cave: An 8-foot tall, red-haired mummy discovered. This mummy eventually went to a fraternal lodge where it was used for 'initiation purposes.
1931 Nevada, Lovelock: Large skeletons were found in the Humboldt lakebed. One measured 8 1/2 feet tall and appeared to have been wrapped in a gum-covered fabric similar to Egyptian mummies. Another skeleton was almost 10 feet long.
1947 California, Death Valley: The skeletons of nine foot tall humans were found."
1800 Ohio, Conneaut: Among the normal size skeletons found in the remains of mounds were found gigantic bones. Some of the skulls and jaws were large enough to fit over the head and face of a normal man.
1821 Tennessee, White County: An ancient fortification contained skeletons of gigantic stature averaging at least 7 feet in length.
1825 Ohio Valley: David Cusick, a Tuscorora by birth, wrote that among the legends of the ancient people of the stock, there was a powerful tribe called Ronnongwetowanca. They were giants, and had a 'considerable habitation.' When the Great Spirit made the people, some of them became giants. After a time, and having endured the outrages of these giants, it is said that the people banded together, and through the final force of about 800 warriors, successfully annihilated the abhorrent Ronnongwetowanca. After that, it was said that there were no giants anywhere. This was supposed to have happened around 2,500 winters before Columbus discovered America, around 1000 BC.
1829 Ohio, Chesterville: In digging away a mound where a hotel was to be built, a large human skeleton was found, but no measurements were made. It is related that the jawbone was found to fit easily over that of a citizen of the village. The local physicians examined the cranium and found it proportionately large, with more teeth than the white race of today. The skeleton was taken to Mansfield, and has been lost.
1833 California, Lompock Rancho: Soldiers digging at Giant Lompock Rancho, California, discovered a male skeleton 12 feet tall. Carved shells, stone axes, and other artifacts surrounded the skeleton. The skeleton had double rows of upper and lower teeth. Unfortunately, this body was secretly buried when local Indians became upset about the remains.
1845 Virginia: A human jaw bone of great size was uncovered in a burial mound on which the teeth stood transversely in the jawbone.
1849 New York: From 'Illustrations of the Ancient Monuments of Western New York' comes the report that an elliptical mound above near the Conewango Valley held eight big skeletons. Also discovered in the area were a number of other large skeletons one almost 9 feet in height.
1856 West Virginia, Wheeling: A human skeleton was discovered by laborers while plowing a vineyard measuring almost 11 feet tall.
1870 Ohio: In Brush Creek Township a large mound contained skeletal remains of several humans up to nine feet tall.
1872 Ohio, Seneca Township: When the 'Bates' mound was opened the remains of three skeletons, whose size would indicate they measured in life, at least, eight feet in height, were found. A remarkable feature of these remains was they had double teeth in front as well as in back of mouth and in both upper and lower jaws.
1877 Missouri, Kansas City: A giant skull was unearthed when mounds wore opened and giant man tracks belonging to humans 25 to 30 feet tall were discovered.
1877 Nevada, Eureka: Prospectors found a human leg bone and kneecap sticking out of solid rock. Doctors examined the remains and determined they were from a human being, and one that stood over 12 feet tall. The rock in which the bones were found was dated geologically to the Jurassic Period, over 185 million years old.
1879 Indiana, Brewersville: A skeleton almost ten feet tall was excavated from a mound.
1880 Ohio, Zanesville: A skeleton was reported to have been of enormous dimensions found in a clay coffin, with a sandstone slab containing hieroglyphics.
1880 Minnesota, Clearwater: Several giant skeletons were found with double rows of teeth.
1883 North Dakota, Mandan: A cemetery of over 100 acres filled with bones of a giant race was discovered.
1884 West Virginia, Kanawha County: A skeleton 7 feet 6 inches long was found in a massive stone structure that was likened to a temple chamber within a mound.
1886 Illinois: A number of large skeletons were found in Logan County and artifacts showing a degree of advancement much higher that the native population had attained.
1891 Arizona, Crittenden: A giant was unearthed and a huge stone coffin that had evidently once held the body of a man 12 feet tall. A carving on the granite case indicated that he had six toes.
1895 Ohio, Toledo: A mound held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east 'twice as large as those of present day people.'
1923 Arizona, Grand Canyon: The bodies of two petrified human beings 15 and 18 feet in height were discovered.
1911 California, Lovelock Cave: An 8-foot tall, red-haired mummy discovered. This mummy eventually went to a fraternal lodge where it was used for 'initiation purposes.
1931 Nevada, Lovelock: Large skeletons were found in the Humboldt lakebed. One measured 8 1/2 feet tall and appeared to have been wrapped in a gum-covered fabric similar to Egyptian mummies. Another skeleton was almost 10 feet long.
1947 California, Death Valley: The skeletons of nine foot tall humans were found."
"In the late 19th century, giants with double rows of teeth, red hair, and skulls 3 to 6 times the size of normal humans were discovered on Catalina Island in California." "A giant found off the California Coast on Santa Rosa Island in the 1800's was distinguished by its double rows of teeth."
"The Algonquin have stories of giant, bearded men who first occupied their native lands.
The Cherokee speak of giants who were twice as tall as the Cherokee and also about a great hunter of giant stature named TsulZ kalu."
The Cherokee speak of giants who were twice as tall as the Cherokee and also about a great hunter of giant stature named TsulZ kalu."
Some of the largest?: "15-foot human skeleton found in S/E Turkey in late 1950's in the Euphrates valley during road construction. Many tombs containing giants were uncovered here."
"King Og spoken of in Deuteronomy 3:11 whose iron bedstead was approximately 14-feet by 6-feet wide. King Og was at least 12-feet tall, yet some claim up to 18."
"A 19'6" human skeleton found in 1577 A.D. under an overturned oak tree in the Canton of Lucerne."
"23-foot tall skeleton found in 1456 A.D. beside a river in Valence, France."
"A 25' 6 " skeleton found in 1613 A.D. near the castle of Chaumont in France. This was claimed to be a nearly complete find."
"Almost beyond comprehension or believability was the find of the two separate 36-foot human remains uncovered by Carthaginians somewhere between 200-600 B.C."
"King Og spoken of in Deuteronomy 3:11 whose iron bedstead was approximately 14-feet by 6-feet wide. King Og was at least 12-feet tall, yet some claim up to 18."
"A 19'6" human skeleton found in 1577 A.D. under an overturned oak tree in the Canton of Lucerne."
"23-foot tall skeleton found in 1456 A.D. beside a river in Valence, France."
"A 25' 6 " skeleton found in 1613 A.D. near the castle of Chaumont in France. This was claimed to be a nearly complete find."
"Almost beyond comprehension or believability was the find of the two separate 36-foot human remains uncovered by Carthaginians somewhere between 200-600 B.C."
"A nine-foot, eight-inch skeleton excavated from a mount near Brewersville, [...], in 1879."
"In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found in mounds. These had receding foreheads and complete double Dentition."
"At LeCrescent, Wisconsin, mounds were found to contain giant bones. Five miles north near Dresbach, the bones of people over eight feet tall were found."
"Near Toledo, Ohio, 20 skeletons were discovered with jaws and teeth 'twice as large as those of present day people.' The account also noted that odd hieroglyphics were found with the bodies 390"
•"In 1931, skeletons from eight and a half to ten feet long were found in the Humbolt lake bed in California.393"
"During World War II, author Ivan T. Sanderson, tells of how his crew was bulldozing through sedimentary rock when it stumbled upon what appeared to be a graveyard. In it were crania that measured from 22 to 24 inches from base to crown - nearly three times as large as an adult human skull. Had the creatures to whom these skulls belonged been properly proportioned, they undoubtedly would have been at least 12 feet tall - or taller."
"In 1947, a local newspaper reported the discovery of nine-foot-tall skeletons by amateur archeologists working in Death Valley.396 The archeologists involved also claimed to have found what appeared to be the bones of tigers and dinosaurs with the human Remains."
"In 1891, at Crittenden, Arizona, some workers digging the foundation for a new building struck at a depth of eight feet a huge stone sarcophagus. When they were able to open the lid, inside were the remains of a nine-foot giant which time had reduced mostly to a pile of dust."
"In 1833, soldiers digging a pit at Lompock Rancho, California, unearthed a twelve-foot giant with a double row of teeth, both uppers and lowers. The Lompock giant's teeth, while unusual, were not unique; another ancient skeleton later found on Santa Rosa Island off the California coast showed the same dental peculiarity."
"In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found in mounds. These had receding foreheads and complete double Dentition."
"At LeCrescent, Wisconsin, mounds were found to contain giant bones. Five miles north near Dresbach, the bones of people over eight feet tall were found."
"Near Toledo, Ohio, 20 skeletons were discovered with jaws and teeth 'twice as large as those of present day people.' The account also noted that odd hieroglyphics were found with the bodies 390"
•"In 1931, skeletons from eight and a half to ten feet long were found in the Humbolt lake bed in California.393"
"During World War II, author Ivan T. Sanderson, tells of how his crew was bulldozing through sedimentary rock when it stumbled upon what appeared to be a graveyard. In it were crania that measured from 22 to 24 inches from base to crown - nearly three times as large as an adult human skull. Had the creatures to whom these skulls belonged been properly proportioned, they undoubtedly would have been at least 12 feet tall - or taller."
"In 1947, a local newspaper reported the discovery of nine-foot-tall skeletons by amateur archeologists working in Death Valley.396 The archeologists involved also claimed to have found what appeared to be the bones of tigers and dinosaurs with the human Remains."
"In 1891, at Crittenden, Arizona, some workers digging the foundation for a new building struck at a depth of eight feet a huge stone sarcophagus. When they were able to open the lid, inside were the remains of a nine-foot giant which time had reduced mostly to a pile of dust."
"In 1833, soldiers digging a pit at Lompock Rancho, California, unearthed a twelve-foot giant with a double row of teeth, both uppers and lowers. The Lompock giant's teeth, while unusual, were not unique; another ancient skeleton later found on Santa Rosa Island off the California coast showed the same dental peculiarity."
"In 1879,...archaeologists dug into an ancient burial mound at Brewersville, [...], and unearthed a human skeleton that measured nine feet eight inches in length. A mica necklace still hung around the giant's neck. The bones, which were stored in a grain mill, were swept away in the 1937 flood.
In 1925, several amateurs digging in an Indian mound at Walkerton, [...], uncovered the skeletons of eight very ancient humans measuring in height from eight to almost nine feet. All eight giants had been buried in 'substantial copper armor.'"
In 1925, several amateurs digging in an Indian mound at Walkerton, [...], uncovered the skeletons of eight very ancient humans measuring in height from eight to almost nine feet. All eight giants had been buried in 'substantial copper armor.'"
"In his History of the Indies, Joseph de Acosta tells a story of the giants:
When I was in Mexico, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred eighty six, they found one of those giants buried in one of our farms, which we call Iesus del Monte, of whom they brought a tooth to be seen, which (without augmenting) was as big as the fist of a man; and, according to this, all the rest was proportionable, which I saw and admired at his deformed greatness."
When I was in Mexico, in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred eighty six, they found one of those giants buried in one of our farms, which we call Iesus del Monte, of whom they brought a tooth to be seen, which (without augmenting) was as big as the fist of a man; and, according to this, all the rest was proportionable, which I saw and admired at his deformed greatness."
"In 1903, on an archaeological outing at Fish Creek, Montana, Professor S. Farr and his group of Princeton University students came across several burial mounds. Choosing one to dig in, they unearthed the skeleton of a man about nine feet long. Next to him lay the bones of a woman, who had been almost as tall.589"
"There have been giants found throughout Asia with the majority being in China. However, other areas have these remains as well with one notable find being a human skeleton measuring eleven feet was found some years ago at Tura in Assam, near the border of East Pakistan, reports Peter Kolosimo."
"Not all Asian giants are ancient. The Chinese giant Chang Woo Gow showed himself in England in 1865/1866 at the old Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly. A courtly gentleman and able scholar, he was invited to visit the Prince and Princess of Wales. He stood eight feet two inches. He was not the tallest in his family, however, for one sister measured eight feet four inches. On his British tour, the nineteen-year-old Chang was accompanied by his bride, King-Foo ('The Fair Lily') and by a three-foot dwarf named Chung, who always stood at his side during the giant's public appearances and became a sensation in Britain."
"The Chinese, in whose land archaeologists have found some of the earliest skeletal remains of giants, insist they once had among them some men as much as fifteen feet tall. One might dismiss this as just another 'tall tale,' except that Melchior Nunnez, in his letters from India, vouches for the fact that China grew some giants to that tremendous size. He 'speaks of porters who guarded the gates of Peking who were of that immense height; and in a letter dated in 1555, he avers that the emperor of that country entertained and fed five hundred of such men for archers of his guard.'
They were still there to be seen seventy years later, for George Hakewill, in his Apologie, 1627, issues a similar report 'five hundred of such men for archers of his guard.'"
They were still there to be seen seventy years later, for George Hakewill, in his Apologie, 1627, issues a similar report 'five hundred of such men for archers of his guard.'"
"In 1575, when the Tartars invaded Poland, Jacobus Niezabilo-vius slew a warrior of enormous size who fought in their ranks. After the battle, Polish soldiers marveled that as he lay dead on the ground 'his body was of so prodigious a bulk that... his carcass reached to the navel of any ordinary person standing by the side of it.'"
"While building a new road near Mold in Flintshire in 1833, workers came across a tumulus in which they found some bones and a skull of great size, along with a Lorica or golden vest. Most believed the bones to be the remains of the renowned giant Welsh warrior Benlli who lived at Mold (c. AD 500), and who was surnamed the 'Giant of the Golden Vest.'
Hector Boetius, in his History of Scotland, reports that the bones of a Scottish giant nicknamed 'Little John,' who stood fourteen feet high, were still to be seen in his day."
Hector Boetius, in his History of Scotland, reports that the bones of a Scottish giant nicknamed 'Little John,' who stood fourteen feet high, were still to be seen in his day."
"In 1687, while digging into some hillocks at Repton in Derbyshire, Thomas Walker came across an old stone wall enclosure that contained a stone coffin with a skeleton nine feet long. A century later, because of renewed interest in Walker's find, the 'ancient sepulcher was again opened... when bones of a very gigantic size, appertaining to numerous skeletons, were discovered, together with some remains of warlike instruments.'"
3:10 And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and Elohim repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah 3:10
Jonah 3:10
15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
15:9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of YHWH over one sinner that repenteth.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 15:1-32
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
15:9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of YHWH over one sinner that repenteth.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 15:1-32
1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his stake, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Colossians 1:19-21
1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his stake, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Colossians 1:19-21
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