Deuteronomy 2:20

“That also was accounted a land of giants, etc.] Ammon was so reckoned as well as Moab, (<050210>Deuteronomy 2:10,11) giants dwelt therein in old time; the Rephaim dwelt there, as they did also in Ashteroth Karnaim, (<011405>Genesis 14:5) and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; they are thought to be the same with the Zuzims in (<011405>Genesis 14:5) who had their name, as Hillerus f27 thinks, from Mezuzah, a door post, from their tall stature, being as high as one; and for a like reason Saph the giant might have his name, (<102118>2 Samuel 21:18). The word Zamzummims, according to him f28, signifies contrivers of evil and terrible things; they were inventors of wickedness, crafty and subtle…”

“These verses, like Deuteronomy 2:10-12, are in all likelihood an addition made by a later reviser. Deuteronomy 2:20 Zamzummims - A giant race usually identified with the Zuzims of Genesis 14:5. Deuteronomy 2:23 The Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah - Read (Gaza, of which Azzah is the Hebrew form. “Hazerim” is not strictly a proper name, but means “villages,” or “enclosures,” probably such as are still common in the East. The Avims are no doubt identical with the Avites of Joshua 13:3, and were doubtless a scattered remnant of a people conquered by the Caphtorim (Genesis 10:14 note) and living in their “enclosures” in the neighborhood of Gerar. The word, which means “ruins,” seems…”

“2:20-21 The Zamzummites are probably the same as the Zuzites (Gen 14:5). The Lord had removed them from the land in the past so that the Ammonites could occupy their lands. The God of Israel is also the God of all the earth; he is mindful of all nations and has a place and purpose for each.”

“Zamzummims: Gen 14:5, Zuzims Deuteronomy 2:21”