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 18:26

18:26 So they took a bull, as he had suggested, ⁷  and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped ⁸  around on the altar they had made. ⁹ 

[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.

[18:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they took the bull which he allowed them.”

[18:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “limped” (the same verb is used in v. 21).

[18:26]  ⁹ tc The MT has “which he made,” but some medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions have the plural form of the verb.