Hiel: Life of (i.e., from) God, a native of Bethel, who built (i.e.,
fortified) Jericho some seven hundred years after its destruction by
the Israelites. There fell on him for such an act the imprecation of
Joshua
(Joshua 6:26) He laid the foundation in his first-born, and set up
the gates in his youngest son
(1 Kings 16:34) i.e., during the progress of
the work all his children died.
