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