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"THE GIANTS
"THE GIANTS
OF
OF
THE BIBLE"
THE BIBLE"
From Genesis to Goliath
By Rev. Dr. Steven C. Brown
Who were they?
Do they play a part in Greek Mythology?
Why did God destroy every living thing
on earth except those in Noah's Ark?
Why did David take five stones from the streambed?
Was there more than one Goliath?
Pure Christianity Series: Volume #7
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Acknowledgments
THE GIANTS OF THE BIBLE copyright 2004 By Rev. Dr. Steven C. Brown
“The Holy Bible, New International Version Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International
Bible Society. All rights reserved. Used with permission of Zondervan Bible Pubishers.”
“The Holy Bible, Contemporary English Version, Copyright 1995 by The American Bible
Society.”
“The Interlinear Bible. One Volume Edition. Copyright 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984. Second Edition Copyright 1986. By Jay P. Green, Sr. ISBN 0-913573-25- 6.”
“The Holy Bible, King James Version, Copyright 1976 by Thomas Nelson, inc.
Nashville, Tennessee.”
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PREFACE
Christian or not, most people have heard of at least one giant, Goliath, and how the little
shepherd boy, David, conquered him. But how much more information is available from the
Bible on this subject of "GIANTS"? You will notice that the title of this work speaks of the
plurality of "Giants" rather than just the one that most people seem to be familiar with.
I began this study only after serious prayer for guidance from the Holy Spirit, and, I began at
the beginning of the Bible: in the Book of Genesis along with the first of the five books of
Moses (the Pentateuch). I did not start with the story of Goliath as some might expect,
because I wanted to see what involvement our mighty God had with the evolution of what has
turned out to be many nations, or tribes, of gigantic peoples in our Biblical history.
When I began this study, I also quickly realized that I would have to use several translations
of the Word of God, a concordance, a Bible dictionary, a Bible atlas, and yet other literary
works from various biblical writers. I noticed that the "beings" mentioned in Genesis, Chapter
6, were called "Giants" in the King James Version, and "Nephilim" in the New International
Version. Wondering if the "Nephilim" were indeed gigantic persons, I tried to find a definition
in my Bible dictionary. I could not.
This was not the only area where I would find difficulty getting definitions of the words used,
because many times the different translations of the same Word of God transliterated into
different choices of words from our spoken, English language. So my primary objective for
this paper quickly became first of all, to provide an honest, valiant effort to investigate the
Word of God on this subject of giants, then, to relay my findings to you as accurately and
straightforward as I can.
The Author
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