Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
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- WEB Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
- BSB Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
- NKJV Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.
- NASB Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
- NLT Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel.
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Jeroboam fortifies Shechem and Penuel as he establishes his new kingdom. He secures his realm.
Overview
Jeroboam builds up Shechem in Ephraim and Penuel, strengthening his hold on the northern territory. These fortifications mark the practical establishment of the northern kingdom. Yet his next steps reveal that his trust lay in his own schemes rather than in the God who gave him the throne.
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- Judg 8:17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
- Judg 8:8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
- Judg 9:45–49And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
- Gen 32:30–31And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- 1 Kgs 15:17And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
- 2 Chr 11:5–12And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
- 1 Kgs 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
- Judg 9:1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
- 1 Kgs 9:17–18And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
- 1 Kgs 16:24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
- 1 Kgs 9:15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
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