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Segub
Hebrew: שְׂגוּב —transliteration: Segub —meaning: aloft; elevated
Segub is the name of 2 Israelite men mentioned in the Old Testament.
Segub, son of Hiel
He lived in the days of King Ahab and is the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite.
Sequb’s father is the rebuilder of Jericho after it was destroyed by Joshua’s army.
His death is recorded in 1 Kings 16:34 (compare Joshua 6:26).
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 Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun. —1 Kings 16:34
Q & A
Segub, father of Jair
His father is Hezron of the Tribe of Judah, and was a grandson of Judah himself. His mother’s name is not given, but she is a daughter of Machir who married Hezron when he was 60 years old (1 Chronicles 2:21-22).
Segub became the father of Jair the judge of Israel who had 23 cities in the land of Gilead (1 Chronicles 2:22) and had many sons with even more cities.
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