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Segub

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= Segub appears only once in Scripture, in 1 Kings 16:34. During the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He lost his firstborn son, Abiram, when he laid the city's foundation, and his youngest son, Segub, when he set up its gates. Scripture records that this took place "according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun." Nothing else is recorded about Segub's life.
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- The Segub who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:21–22 as the son of Hezron and the father of Jair is a different man of the same name.
+ The Segub who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:21–22 as the son of Hezron and the father of Jair is a different man who shares the same name.
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= ## Significance Within Scripture
- This account is presented as the fulfillment of the curse that Joshua pronounced after the fall of Jericho: whoever rebuilt Jericho would lose his firstborn son when laying its foundation and his youngest son when setting up its gates (Joshua 6:26). The book of 1 Kings places this incident at the end of the passage introducing the reign of Ahab. The account is read as evidence that God's word, pronounced centuries earlier, was fulfilled exactly, and as an illustration of how lightly that generation regarded the word of God. Segub is not mentioned in the New Testament.
+ The account is presented as the fulfillment of the curse that Joshua pronounced after the fall of Jericho: whoever rebuilt Jericho would lose his firstborn son when laying its foundation and his youngest son when setting up its gates (Joshua 6:26). The book of 1 Kings places this incident at the end of the passage introducing the reign of Ahab. It is read as a demonstration that God's word, pronounced centuries earlier, was fulfilled exactly, and as a reflection of how lightly that generation regarded the word of God. Segub is not mentioned in the New Testament.
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= ## Interpretation and Debate
- The text does not state how the two sons died. The traditional and widely held interpretation is that they died by accident or illness as a judgment from God. Some scholars, however, connect the account with the so-called "foundation sacrifice," an ancient Near Eastern practice of offering human victims when laying the foundation or setting up the gates of a building, and suggest that Hiel may have sacrificed his sons. This view is a conjecture that the text does not directly state, and many scholars reject it.
+ The text does not say how the two sons died. The traditional and widely held interpretation is that they died by accident or illness as a judgment from God. Some scholars, however, connect the account with the so-called "foundation sacrifice," an ancient Near Eastern practice of offering human victims when laying the foundation or setting up the gates of a building, and suggest that Hiel may have sacrificed his sons. This view is a conjecture that the text does not directly support, and many scholars reject it.
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- ## In the Korean Church
- In the Korean church, Segub is rarely treated as a subject in his own right; he is more often mentioned alongside his older brother Abiram in discussions of the fulfillment of Joshua 6:26.
+ ## In Korean Churches
+ In Korean Protestant churches, Segub is seldom treated as a subject in his own right; he is more often mentioned alongside his older brother Abiram when explaining the fulfillment of Joshua 6:26.

Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records this as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).
Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).

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Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).

Biblical Account

Segub appears only once in Scripture, in 1 Kings 16:34. During the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He lost his firstborn son, Abiram, when he laid the city's foundation, and his youngest son, Segub, when he set up its gates. Scripture records that this took place "according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun." Nothing else is recorded about Segub's life.

The Segub who appears in 1 Chronicles 2:21–22 as the son of Hezron and the father of Jair is a different man who shares the same name.

Significance Within Scripture

The account is presented as the fulfillment of the curse that Joshua pronounced after the fall of Jericho: whoever rebuilt Jericho would lose his firstborn son when laying its foundation and his youngest son when setting up its gates (Joshua 6:26). The book of 1 Kings places this incident at the end of the passage introducing the reign of Ahab. It is read as a demonstration that God's word, pronounced centuries earlier, was fulfilled exactly, and as a reflection of how lightly that generation regarded the word of God. Segub is not mentioned in the New Testament.

Interpretation and Debate

The text does not say how the two sons died. The traditional and widely held interpretation is that they died by accident or illness as a judgment from God. Some scholars, however, connect the account with the so-called "foundation sacrifice," an ancient Near Eastern practice of offering human victims when laying the foundation or setting up the gates of a building, and suggest that Hiel may have sacrificed his sons. This view is a conjecture that the text does not directly support, and many scholars reject it.

In Korean Churches

In Korean Protestant churches, Segub is seldom treated as a subject in his own right; he is more often mentioned alongside his older brother Abiram when explaining the fulfillment of Joshua 6:26.

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#70952026-11-05 01:48:32AI localizationLocalized for English-speaking readersapproved
#70942026-11-05 01:48:32AI localizationEnglish baseline before localizationapproved