1 Kings 12:25 KJV — MannaFest

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

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Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

WEB

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

YLT

And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;

DBT

And Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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Judges 8:17
And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judges 8:8
And 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.
Judges 9:45–49
And 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.
Genesis 32:30–31
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Judges 9:6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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), the former in Ephraim, the latter in Gad, on the other side Jordan. This might be proper; but he formed another project for the establishing of his kingdom which was fatal to the interests of religion in it. That which he designed was by some effectual means to secure those to himself who had now chosen him for their king, and to prevent their return to the house of David,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Sin is a bad way of building up a family. Rehoboam was the son of the wisest of men, yet did not inherit his father's wisdom, and then it stood him in little stead to inherit his father's throne. Neither wisdom nor grace runs in the blood.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Shechem - He repaired, and enlarged, and fortified it; for it had been ruined long since, Judg. ix, 45. He might chuse it as a place both auspicious, because here the foundation of his monarchy was laid; and commodious, as being near the frontiers of his kingdom.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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1KI 12:25JDG 9:1 JDG 8:31
1KI 12:25JDG 8:8 GEN 32:30-31
1KI 12:25JDG 8:17 JDG 8:9
1KI 12:25JDG 9:1 PSA 83:2-4
1KI 12:25JDG 9:1 1KI 12:3
1KI 12:25JDG 9:1 GEN 34:2
1KI 12:25JDG 9:1 JER 18:18

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