He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
He also told the men of Penuel, ‘When I return safely, I will tear down this tower! ’
Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.
So he took the elders of the city, and he took some thorns and briars from the wilderness, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them.
He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, ‘What kind of men did you kill at Tabor? ’ ‘They were like you,’ they said. ‘Each resembled the son of a king.’