⁸ From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, and the people of Penuel answered him as the people of Succoth had answered.^(A)

Jeroboam’s Golden Calves

²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and resided there; he went out from there and built Penuel.^(A)

³⁰ So Jacob called the place Peniel,^[a] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”^{(A) 31} The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.