Discovery Box1 Kings 16:33-34 
Context16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he 1 did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
16:34 During Ahab’s reign, 2 Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. 3 Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; 4 Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, 5 just as the Lord had warned 6 through Joshua son of Nun. 7
1 tn Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “in his days.”
3 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
4 tn Heb “with Abiram, his firstborn, he founded it.”
5 tn Heb “with Segub, his youngest, he set up its gates.”
6 tn Heb “according to the word of the
7 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.
