1 Kings 16:34 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

KJV

In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the curse was fulfilled more than five hundred years after it was uttered; and from Jericho being inhabited after Joshua's time (Jud 3:13; 2Sa 10:5), it has been supposed that the act against which the curse was directed, was an attempt at the restoration of the walls--the very walls which had been miraculously cast down.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

In his days - This is added, 1. as an instance of the certainty of divine predictions, this being fulfilled eight hundred years after it was threatened; and withal, as a warning to the Israelites, not to think themselves innocent or safe, because the judgment threatened against them by Ahijah, chap. xiv, 15, was not yet executed.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It comes in as an instance of the height of impiety to which men had arrived, especially at Bethel, where one of the calves was, for of that city this daring sinner was. Like Achan he meddled with the accursed thing, turned that to his own use which was devoted to God's honour.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּיָמָ֞יו	be.ya.Mav	in days his	H3117 →
בָּנָ֥ה	ba.Nah	he rebuilt	H1129 →
חִיאֵ֛ל	chi.'El	Hiel	H2419 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] Beth-	H1017 →
הָאֱלִ֖י	ha.'e.Li	<the> -elite	H1017 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְרִיחֹ֑ה	ye.ri.Choh	Jericho	H3405 →
בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם	ba.'a.vi.Ram	by Abiram	H48 →
בְּכֹר֜וֹ	be.kho.Ro	firstborn his	H1060 →
יִסְּדָ֗הּ	yi.se.Dah	he founded it	H3245 →
וּבִשְׂג֤וּב	u.vis.giv	and by Segub	H7687 →
צְעִירוֹ֙	tze.'i.Ro	young [son] his	H6810 →
הִצִּ֣יב	hi.Tziv	he set up	H5324 →
דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ	de.la.Tei.ha	gates its	H1817 →
כִּדְבַ֣ר	kid.Var	according to [the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֔ר	di.Ber	he spoke	H1696 →
בְּיַ֖ד	be.Yad	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
בִּן־	bin-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נֽוּן׃ ס	Nun	Nun	H5126 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
Through
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;…
leads to
- Acts 19:13
  Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Through
Zechariah 1:5
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:2–4
  by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
- Ecclesiastes 12:5
  when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings