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Hiel rebuilds Jericho at the cost of Abiram and Segub; suggest bereavement without graphic child deaths.
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1 Kings 16:34

Hiel rebuilds Jericho

The House of Omri and Ahab · 1 Kings 16

Story guide: Hiel's rebuilding of Jericho is shown with quiet signs of mourning rather than any death, since the passage names the loss of Abiram and Segub without describing it.

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34During Ahab’s reign, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word Yahweh had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

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