The Definition of the word Hiel

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 (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.