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It was naturally Jeroboam's first care to strengthen his position by fortitying his capital, and the more so as this city would be particularly obnoxious to Rehoboam as the scene of the revolution; but why he should at the same time have rebuilt Penuel - Ewald thinks the seat of government was placed here - is not at first eight so obvious, as it lay beyond the Jordan (Genesis 32:22, 30 ...
Kings 12:25. Shechem – After being anointed king over the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Jeroboam fortified the city of Shechem and settles there, making it the capital of his kingdom (I Kings 12:25). Penuel – After settling in Shechem for a short time, Jeroboam moved his capital to Penuel (I Kings 12:25), the place where Yaakov fought with an ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Peniel (also spelled Penuel) means “face of God.”. In Genesis 32, Jacob is on his way to meet Esau and is dreading the encounter, thinking that Esau is going to kill him. (Esau had vowed to do just that in Genesis 27:41 because Jacob had cheated him out of receiving his father’s blessing.) Now, over two decades have passed, but ...
False religion in the north (12:25-33) Shechem, where Rehoboam had hoped to unite all Israel, now became the capital of Jeroboam’s breakaway kingdom. Jeroboam established a second capital at Penuel, east of Jordan, probably with the aim of holding the allegiance of the two and a half eastern tribes (25). Later he moved his capital a short ...
Penuel (Peniel) . Genesis 32:31 The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh. Judges 8:8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. Judges 8:9 He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I ...
Whether Penuel fell into ruin and was vacated at this time is not certain. But Jeroboam “built” Penuel according to 1 Kings 12:25. The site of Penuel is identified with Tell edh-Dhahab esh-Sherqiyeh on the Nahr ez-Zerqa, or the Biblical Jabbok. Some suggest that the Pernual of Pharaoh Shishak’s list of conquered cities is Penuel.
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Jeroboam’s Idolatry - Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel. Jeroboam said to himself, “The way things are going now, the kingdom might return to the house of David. If these people regularly go to offer sacrifices in the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, the heart of these people will return to their lord, Rehoboam king ...
