He also broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and resided there; he went out from there and built Penuel.
So he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he trampled the people of Succoth.
Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What about the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king.”
So he said to the people of Penuel, “When I come back victorious, I will break down this tower.”