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1 Kings 16:33-34
New English Translation
1 Kings 16:33-34
New English Translation
33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he[a] did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
34 During Ahab’s reign,[b] Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation;[c] Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates,[d] in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.[e]
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- 1 Kings 16:33 tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “in his days.”
- 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”
- 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”
- 1 Kings 16:34 sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.
1 Kings 16:33-34
New International Version
1 Kings 16:33-34
New International Version
33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole(A) and did more(B) to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.
34 In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.(C)
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