34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build [a]Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his eldest son, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord which he spake [b]by Joshua the son of Nun.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 16:34 Read Josh. 6:26.
  2. 1 Kings 16:34 Hebrew, by the hand of Joshua.

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.(A)

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