1 Kings xvi. 34. Josh. vi. 26.HIEL, of the city of Bethel, rebuilt Jericho, notwithstanding the curse denounced by Joshua against the person who should attempt to do so. Wherefore he experienced the effects of Joshua’s curse; for God suffered him to lose his eldest son Abiram, while he was laying the Foundations of Jericho; and his youngest son Segub, when he was hanging up the Gates.
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