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Hiel

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 o…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, 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). , during the progress of the work all his children died.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

C. after 915), and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua, (Joshua 6:26) five hundred years before.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

HI'EL (God lives), a Bethelite who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, and in whom Joshua's curse, Josh 6:26, was fulfilled. 1 Kgs 16:34.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

God lives; the life of God

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