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Hiel in the Bible.

From) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e., fortified) Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by the Israelites. The King James Version names Hiel in 1 verse, 1 Kings 16:34.

Hiel’s family.

Himself
Hiel
Children

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Hiel was.

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Hiel’s story.

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

The verse that names Hiel.

1 Kings 1

  • 1 Kings 16:34In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Questions about Hiel.

Who was Hiel in the Bible?

From) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e., fortified) Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by the Israelites. The King James Version names Hiel in 1 verse, 1 Kings 16:34.

Who were Hiel’s children?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Abiram and Segub.

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