Bible Person

Segub

Meaning: fortified; raised · Male · 1 cross reference

Segub is the youngest son of Hiel in 1 Kings 16:34. He belongs to the tragic fulfillment of Joshua's ancient curse over Jericho. First appears in 1 Kgs 16:34.1

AI summary: Segub matters because his single cross reference gives painful personal reality to the cost of rebuilding what God had once marked in judgment. The entry shows how defiance of God's word can work itself out in family loss. Taken together, the material presents Segub as a tragic child in the rebuilding of Jericho.1

Central Figure

Segub

Meaning: fortified; raised

The youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite.