1 KINGS 12:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.”
Now Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and dwelt there. And he went out from there and built Penuel — Jeroboam's choice of Shechem—already pregnant with covenantal significance—as his northern capital demonstrates political acumen. The verb וַיִּשְׁמוֹר (vayishmor, he built) shows his active consolidation of power through architectural monumentality. Penuel, east of the Jordan, may serve as a secondary capital or fortress, extending Jeroboam's reach and establishing redundancy in his power centers.
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