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34 During Ahab’s reign,[a] Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation;[b] Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates,[c] in keeping with the Lord’s message that he had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “in his days.”
  2. 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”
  3. 1 Kings 16:34 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”
  4. 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.

34 During the time of Ahab, Hiel from Bethel rebuilt the city of Jericho. ·It cost Hiel the life of Abiram, his oldest son, to begin work on the city [L With Abiram, his firstborn, he laid its foundation], and ·it cost the life of Segub, his youngest son, to build [L with Segub, his youngest, he set up] the city gates. This happened ·just as the Lord, speaking [L according to the word of the Lord spoken] ·through [L by the hand of] Joshua son of Nun [Josh. 6:26].

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