Verse 25

Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

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  • Judg 8:17 : 17 He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, but they answered him just as the men of Succoth had.
  • Gen 32:30-31 : 30 Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there. 31 So Jacob called the name of that place Peniel, saying, 'I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.'
  • Judg 9:45-49 : 45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt. 46 When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. 47 When Abimelech was told that all the people of the tower of Shechem had gathered there, 48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise." 49 So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.
  • 1 Kgs 9:15 : 15 This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
  • 1 Kgs 9:17-18 : 17 Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon, 18 Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, within the land,
  • 1 Kgs 12:1 : 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to crown him king.
  • 1 Kgs 15:17 : 17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
  • 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built a city on the hill, naming it Samaria after Shemer, the owner of the hill.
  • 2 Chr 11:5-9 : 5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah. 6 He built Bethlehem, Etam, and Tekoa, 7 Beth-Zur, Soco, and Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, and Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, and Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. 11 He strengthened the fortresses, put leaders in them, and stocked them with supplies of food, oil, and wine. 12 In every city, he placed shields and spears and made them very strong. So Judah and Benjamin were his.
  • Judg 9:1 : 1 Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to visit his mother’s relatives. He spoke to them and to the entire family of his mother’s household, saying: