And, about Amalek: he was the grandson of Esau, whom God hated, and the feeling was more than likely totally mutual, unfortunately for Esau, and those among his descendants who decided to side with Esau against Almighty God; also, in Arabic, the name for “giants”[Plural] is “Amalekah”–so, I no longer wonder at all as to why God told Saul to wipe them all out, and not leave one alive–they were not merely “Unusually tall” human beings, but, apparently, something more than just a wee bit “off-centered”, and far more dangerous to others, because of that fact.

I agree with Patrick Heron, and Steve Quayle, about the ‘giants of old’ being the nephilim[fallen ones–the giants of ancient times]being the off-spring of the fallen angels–and, the Amalekites/decendants of Amalek, seem to fit that description, and it goes along way to explaining why God would tell Saul to wipe them all out, that way–the nephilim were, also, apparently cannibalistic–even though they were part human, they ate human beings–so, wow–shades of the old English childhood rhyme, “Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum…”, hmmm?