1 Raja-raja 16:34

16:34 During Ahab’s reign, ¹  Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. ²  Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; ³  Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, ⁴  just as the Lord had warned ⁵  through Joshua son of Nun. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ⁷  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ⁸  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁹ 

1 Tawarikh 28:15

28:15 for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

[16:34]  ¹ tn Heb “in his days.”

[16:34]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:34]  ³ tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”

[16:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”

[16:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.”

[16:34]  ⁶ sn Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild Jericho. Here that curse is viewed as a prophecy spoken by God through Joshua.

[16:2]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

[16:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

[16:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”