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 of Joshua (6:26). He laid the foundation in his first-born, and set up the gates in his youngest son (1 Kings 16:34), i.e., during the progress of the work all his children died.

(God liveth), a native of Bethel, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, (1 Kings 16:34) (B.C. after 915), and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua, (Joshua 6:26) five hundred years before.

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.

God lives; the life of God

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.