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Oct 14, 2026
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In the Bible, there are stories of giants who walked the earth, colossal beings who challenged entire armies and kingdoms.
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But who were they? Arba, the supreme ancestor of the giants.
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The enigmatic five races of giants that existed in ancient times.
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The revenge of Goliath's brother, who swore retaliation against Israel, and an almost forgotten epic conflict, ten thousand giants facing just four kings.
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Are they just legends, or are there more hidden truths in these stories? Why were these creatures so feared, and what was their final fate? Get ready to dive into a journey through the past, revealing the mysteries of the biblical giants and the titanic battles that marked history.
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What you are about to discover will challenge everything you knew about these legendary beings.
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The giants of the Bible, Arba, Goliath, and the war of ten thousand.
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The biblical giants make their first appearance early in the book of Genesis in chapter six, where one of the most intriguing accounts of the scriptures is revealed.
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Caleb fought them with the same youthful fire that had once driven him, and according to tradition, he defeated all three in battle, reclaiming the very land that had once filled him with terror.
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That region was known for an ancient city called Kirjath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim, a giant whose height, according to old rabbinic texts, exceeded the stature of seven men standing one upon another.
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Hebron, the new name given to the city after its conquest, became one of the holiest places in Israel, an eternal reminder that faith triumphed over fear and that the giants who once ruled the land were defeated by divine promise.
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But the echoes of that race did not fade easily.
Pitts EvansHOST
In accordance with the Lord's command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, a portion in Judah.
Pitts EvansHOST
Kiriath Arba, that is Hebron.
Pitts EvansHOST
Arba was the forefather of Anak.
Pitts EvansHOST
From Hebron, Caleb drove out the three Anakites, Shishai, Ahimon, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
Pitts EvansHOST
From there, he marched against the people living in Debir, formerly called Kiriath Sefer.
Pitts EvansHOST
So these Rephaim, these Rephaim, the Anakites, these were the giants that the spies had seen when they went and went through the land.
Pitts EvansHOST
So Judah is getting the land, both of the Anakites and the Rephaites.
Pitts EvansHOST
And so in accordance with the Lord's command to Moses, in verse 13, we read that Joshua gave to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, a portion in Judah, Kirath Arba, that is in Hebron.
Gary WayneGUEST
[laughs] I apologize.
Gary WayneGUEST
And so we know these are the kings that are living in Hebron or Kiriath Arba, as it was named before Arba, which is the city of Arba, the patriarchs of the Anakim, right? As they're talk- as they're defined in the Book of Joshua.
Gary WayneGUEST
And that once we move over, though, to Deuteronomy 2, when Moses is laying out the geopolitical, military reality of the peoples that are about to go into the covenant land to do battle with, the ones that the spies were talking about, not just the giants, but those that were taller than the Israelites, so hybrid humans and giants, seven to nine feet tall versus 12, let's say 11, 12 feet and taller.
Gary WayneGUEST
You have, um, a list of giant tribes there that includes the, an Anakim, which derive from the Hebrew word Rapha, all of them.
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Gary WayneGUEST
And for something that's a little bit different, you have Genesis 36 to help explain some of those peoples and races.
Gary WayneGUEST
And so we don't have Rapha in there as a patriarch.
Gary WayneGUEST
We don't have Arba in there as a patriarch.
Gary WayneGUEST
All the giant names, whether it's the Horim, which would be Hori in the singular, are listed in Hebrew in the singular.