1 Kings 12:25

New International Reader's Version

Jeroboam built up the walls of Shechem. It was in the hill country of Ephraim. Jeroboam made Shechem his home. From there he went out and built up Peniel.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land. He went as far as the large tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were living in the land.

Genesis 32:32

That’s why the Israelites don’t eat the meat attached to the inside of an animal’s hip. They don’t eat it to this day. It’s because the inside of Jacob’s hip was touched.

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam went to the city of Shechem. All the Israelites had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam thought, “My kingdom still isn’t secure. It could very easily go back to the royal family of David.

1 Kings 15:17

Baasha was king of Israel. He marched out against Judah. Baasha built up the walls of Ramah. He did it to keep people from leaving or entering the territory of Asa, the king of Judah.

1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer. He weighed out 150 pounds of silver for it. Then he built a city on the hill. He called it Samaria. He named it after Shemer. Shemer had owned the hill before him.

1 Kings 9:15

King Solomon forced people to work hard for him. Here is a record of what they did. They built the Lord’s temple and Solomon’s palace. They filled in the low places. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. They built up Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

Jeremiah 41:5

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’s house.

Judges 8:17

He also pulled down the tower at Peniel. He killed the men in the town.

Judges 8:8

From there Gideon went up to Peniel. He asked its men for the same thing. But they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.

Judges 9:1

Abimelek was the son of Jerub-Baal. He went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem. He spoke to them and to all the members of his mother’s family group. He said,