Topic
Segub
18 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Grandson of Judah
¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
- 1 Kings 16:34Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Hiel, the rebuilder of Jericho
¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
- Joshua 6:26Easton · ISBE
¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
- 1 Chronicles 2:22Easton · Nave 2. Grandson of Judah
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
- 1 Samuel 9:9ISBE
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
- 2 Samuel 24:11ISBE
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
- 1 Kings 18:34Smith
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
- 2 Kings 17:13ISBE
Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to…
- 1 Chronicles 2:4Nave 2. Grandson of Judah
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- 1 Chronicles 2:5Nave 2. Grandson of Judah
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
- 1 Chronicles 2:28Smith
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
- 1 Chronicles 9:22ISBE
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:9 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 29:29 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 9:29 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 12:15 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Elevated. (1.) The youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite. His death is recorded in 1 Kings 16:34 (comp. Josh. 6:26).
(2.) A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 2:21, 22).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- The youngest son of Hiel the Hethelite who rebuilt Jericho. (1 Kings 18:34) (B.C. about 910.)
- Son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:21,28) (B.C. about 1682.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 19 references
se'-gub (seghubh (Qere), seghibh (Kethibh); Codex Vaticanus Zegoub; Codex Alexandrinus Segoub): 15:27; 1Ch 9:22, etc.), And chozeh (2Sa 24:11; 2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 21:9; 25:5; 29:29, etc.). The former designation is from the ordinary verb "to see"; the latter is connected with the verb used of prophetic vision. It appears from 1Sa 9:9 that "seer" (ro'-eh) was the older name for those who, after the rise of the more regular orders, were called "prophets." It is not just, however, to speak of the "seers" or "prophets" of Samuel's time as on the level of mere fortune-tellers. What insight or vision they possessed is traced to God's Spirit. Samuel was the ro'-eh by pr-eeminence, and the name is little used after his time. Individuals who bear the title "seer" (chozeh) are mentioned in connection with the kings and as historiographers (2Sa 24:11; 1Ch 21:9; 25:5; 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15; 19:2, etc.), and distinction is sometimes made between "prophets" and "seers" (2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 29:29, etc.). Havernick thinks that "seer" denotes one who does not belong to the regular prophetic order (Introductions to Old Testament, 50 ff, English translation), but it is not easy to fix a precise distinction.
(1) The youngest son of Hiel, the rebuilder of Jericho (1Ki 16:34). The death of Segub is probably connected with the primitive custom of laying foundations with blood, as, indeed, skulls were found built in with the brickwork when the tower of Bel at Nippur was excavated. See GEZER. If the death of the two sons was based on the custom just mentioned, the circumstance was deliberately obscured in the present account. The death of Segub may have been due to an accident in the setting up of the gates. In any event, tradition finally yoked the death of Hiel's oldest and youngest sons with a curse said to have been pronounced by Joshua on the man that should venture to rebuild Jericho (Jos 6:26).
(2) Son of Hezron and father of Jair (1Ch 2:21).
Horace J. Wolf
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.