“In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.” - 1 Kings 16:34 (NASB)
We know God fulfills his word because He promises to do so. Most days we consider promises of blessings from God. Sometimes these promises call for a certain preparation on our behalf. Today’s promise is of a different kind. When God says that something will be or will come to pass, it will. Jericho, was the first city in Israel’s Promised Land to be destroyed by the hand of God. God declared all was to be destroyed (except the treasures which were kept for God and Rahab’s family). Nothing else was to be spared or taken as booty. The re-fortification of Jericho was forbidden by God, who had supernaturally destroyed it so God then put a curse on the city through Joshua’s prediction. Whoever was to rebuild Jericho would lose their first born son at the beginning and the last born son at the finish. The eldest and the youngest sons of Hiel, a man living during the time of the wicked King Ahab, died just as God promised when he rebuilt Jericho. Today’s verse gives us the fulfillment of that promise. What God promises, comes to pass.
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