1 Kings 16:34

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In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Bethel, in Israel’s central hill country,

Places in this passage

1 Kings 16:34 mentions Bethel, Gibbethon, Jericho, Samaria and Tirzah.

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