Hiel

How Nave’s arranged it

• Rebuilder of Jericho1 Kings 16:34
• In him was fulfilled the curse pronounced by JoshuaJoshua 6:26

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. Joshua 6:26

   At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 6:262 voices

   “It is said of the time when Ahab reigned, "In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho; he laid its foundations in Abiram, his firstborn; and he set up its gates in Segub, his youngest son." The apparent sense is that when the above-mentioned city's …

   “In his youngest son - That is, he shall lose all his children in the work, the first at the beginning, others in the progress of it by degrees, and the youngest in the close of it, when the gates use to be set up. This was fulfilled, 1 Kings xvi, 34.

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2. 1 Kings 16:34

   In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 16:342 voices

   "In his days, Hiel of Bethel built Jericho." [1 Kings 16:34] What is written about the times of Ahab's reign: 'In his days, Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundations with Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with Segub his youngest,' …

   “And in his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho,....

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