1 Kings 12:25

Easy To Read Version

Shechem was a city in the hill country of Ephraim. Jeroboam made Shechem a very strong city and lived there. Later he went to the city of Penuel [154] and made it stronger.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land of Canaan as far as the town of Shechem and then went to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanite people lived in that place at this time.

Genesis 32:32

So even today, the people of Israel don’t eat the muscle that is on the hip joint, because this is the muscle where Jacob was hurt.

1 Kings 15:17

Baasha fought against Judah. Baasha wanted to stop people from going into or coming out of Asa’s country of Judah. So he made the city of Ramah very strong.

1 Kings 16:24

But Omri bought the hill of Samaria. He bought it from Shemer for about 150 pounds [189] of silver. Omri built a city on that hill. He called the city Samaria after the name of its owner, Shemer.

1 Kings 9:15

King Solomon forced slaves to work for him to build the temple and the palace. Then King Solomon used these slaves to build many other things. He built the Millo. [124] He also built the city wall around Jerusalem. Then he built again the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Judges 8:17

Gideon also pulled down the tower in the city of Penuel. Then he killed the men living in that city.

Judges 8:8

Gideon left the city of Succoth and went to the city of Penuel. Gideon asked the men of Penuel for food, just as he had asked the men of Succoth. But the men of Penuel gave Gideon the same answer that the men of Succoth had given.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech was the son of Jerub Baal (Gideon). Abimelech went to his uncles that lived in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother’s family,