), and the Rephaites (Joshua 12:4) were giants living in the Promised Land. The Bible also records the famous strife between David and the giant Goliath, ending with the defeat of the latter. Goliath was "six cubits and a span" in height--over nine feet tall (1 Samuel 17:4 KJV)...
King James BibleThere were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God 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....
历代志上 20:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 8These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 历代志上 20:8 — New Living Translation (NLT) 8These Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and ...