Penuel

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• 1. Also called PENIEL
• City built where Jacob wrestled with the angelGenesis 32:31Judges 8:8Judges 8:9Judges 8:171 Kings 12:25
• 2. Chief of Gedor1 Chronicles 4:4
• 3. A Benjamite1 Chronicles 8:25

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 32:31

   The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 32:311 voice

   “The sun rose upon him - Did the Prophet Malachi refer to this, Mal 4:2: Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings? Possibly with the rising of the sun, which may here be understood as emblematical of the Sun of righteousness - the Lord Jesus, the pain and weakness of his thigh passed away, and he felt both in soul and body that he was healed of his plagues.

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2. Judges 8:8

   From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:82 voices

   “And he went up thence to Penuel,.... A place not far from Succoth, and to which also Jacob gave name, from the Lord's appearing to him there face to face, Gen 32:30 but here was nothing of God in this place now: and spoke unto them likewise; desired bread for his men, as he had of the inhabitants of Succoth: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him; denied him his request in the same jeering manner.

   “Succoth was in the valley or Ghor of the Jordan Jdg 8:5, and Penuel apparently in the mountain. No identification of Penuel has taken place. It was south of the Brook Jabbok, and on Jacob’s way to Succoth. Gideon, journeying in the opposite direction to Jacob, comes from Succoth to Penuel.

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3. Judges 8:9

   So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

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4. Judges 8:17

   He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

   ›Commentary on Judges 8:171 voice

   “The men of the city - Perhaps the rulers; who, it is likely, had possession of the tower or citadel, and so could tyrannize over the people. Gideon killed the great men, and beat down their towers, but did not injure the inhabitants.

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5. 1 Kings 12:25

   Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 12:252 voices

   “It was rebuilt, and perhaps fortified, by Jeroboam, as a royal residence. built Penuel--a ruined city with a tower (Jud 8:9), east of Jordan, on the north bank of the Jabbok. It was an object of importance to restore this fortress (as it lay on the caravan road from Gilead to Damascus and Palmyra) and to secure his frontier on that quarter.

   “Built Shechem - In the sense of “enlarged and fortified.” See Dan 4:30. The first intention of Jeroboam seems to have been to make Shechem his capital, and therefore he immediately set about its fortification. So also he seems to have fortified Penuel for the better security of his Trans-Jordanic possessions (marginal reference).

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6. 1 Chronicles 4:4

   Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

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7. 1 Chronicles 8:25

   Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

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