1 Kings 12:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.”
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“Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 12:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- Genesis 32:31The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
- Genesis 32:32Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
- Judges 8:8From 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.
- Judges 8:17He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
- Judges 9:1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
- Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
- 1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:17So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
- 1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 1 Kings 15:17Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
- 2 Chronicles 11:5Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
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