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Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Hiel

Hiel [N] [H] [S]
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 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.
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Hiel". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Bible Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Hiel
Hiel [N] [E] [S]
God lives; the life of God
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Hiel'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Bible Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Hiel

Hiel [N] [E] [H]
(God liveth ), a native of Bethel, who rebuilt Jericho in the reign of Ahab, ( 1 Kings 16:34 ) (B.C. after
915), and in whom was fulfilled the curse pronounced by Joshua, ( Joshua 6:26 ) five hundred years
before.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Hiel'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hiel

HIEL
hi'-el (chi'el; Achiel):
A Bethelite who according to 1 Kings 16:34 rebuilt Jericho, and in fulfillment of a curse
pronounced by Joshua (Joshua 6:26) sacrificed his two sons. This seems to have been
a custom prevalent among primitive peoples, the purpose being to ward off ill luck from
the inhabitants, especially in a case where the destroyer had invoked a curse on him
who presumed to rebuild. Numerous instances are brought to light in the excavations of
Gezer (Macalister, Bible Side-Lights from the Mound of Gezer, chapter x). At first the
very best was claimed as a gift to the deity, e.g. one's own sons; then some less
valuable member of the community. When civilization prevented human sacrifice,
animals were offered instead. The story of Abraham offering Isaac may be a trace of
this old custom, the tenor of the story implying that at the time of the writing of the
record, the custom was coming to be in disrepute. A similar instance is the offering of
his eldest son by the king of Edom to appease the deity and win success in battle
(2 Kings 3:27; compare Micah 6:7). Various conjectures have been made as to the
identity of this king. Ewald regarded him as a man of wealth and enterprise
(unternehmender reicher Mann); Cheyne following Niebuhr makes it Jehu in disguise,
putting 1 Kings 16:34 after 2 Kings 10:33; Winckler explains as folklore.
W. N. Stearns

Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HIEL'". "International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia". 1915.  

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