Horims. Another race or name of the Nephilim See App-25. Compare Genesis 14:6. See App-25.
destroyed. exterminated. Hebrew. shamad.
stead. room. These are the Canaanites with whom Satan had preoccupied the land to thwart God's purpose in Abraham. Compare Genesis 12:6; Genesis 13:7, and see App-25. All these had to be destroyed, as the Nephilim were destroyed by the Flood. Compare Genesis 6:4, which tells of. later irruption. See Genesis 14:5.
possession... gave. See Ch. Deuteronomy 3:20, and note on Deuteronomy 2:5.