built. rebuilt, or repaired. This doubtless included increased fortification (2 Chronicles 11:11).
mount. hill-country.
Penuel. On east of Jordan (Genesis 32:30; Judges 8:8),
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1 Kings 12:25
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.