Hiel — Bible person

Life of (i.e., from) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e., fortified) Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by the Israelites. There fell on him for such an act the imprecation of Joshua (6:26). He laid the foundation in his first-born, and set up the gates in his youngest son (1 Kings 16:34), i.e., during the progress of the work all his children died.

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Show passage in OET: KI1 16:34

OET-RV KI1 16:34

34 During his reign, Hiel from Beyt -El (Bethel) rebuilt Yeriho (Jericho) city. As they laid the foundations, his eldest son Aviram died, and when they hung the city gates, his youngest son Seguv died, just as Yahweh had told (Nun’s son) Yehoshua (Joshua).

OET-LV KI1 16:34

34 In_days _of_his Ḩī^ʼēl the_Bēyt- elite he _rebuilt DOM Yərīḩō/(Jericho) by_ʼAⱱīrām his/its_firstborn he_founded _it and_in/on/at/with his _young _of_son he _set _up gates _of_its according_to _the _message _of YHWH which he _spoke by_the _hand _of Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the _son _of Nun.

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