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Judges 8:17
He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.
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Judges 8:8
He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.
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Judges 9:45-49
Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place.He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men,“ Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died– about a thousand men and women.
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Genesis 32:30-31
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“ Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip.
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1 Kings 15 17
King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.
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1 Kings 12 1
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
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1 Kings 16 24
He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria.
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1 Kings 9 15
Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
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2 Chronicles 11 5-2 Chronicles 11 12
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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Judges 9:1
Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,
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1 Kings 9 17-1 Kings 9 18
Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness,