1 Kings 12 · Verse 25

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
1 Kings 12:25, King James Version

1 Kings 12:25 in other translations

BSBThen Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
WEBThen Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
ASVThen Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
YLTAnd Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;
DARBYAnd Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
BBEThen Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.
WebsterThen Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt in it, and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

What does 1 Kings 12:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. Jeroboam built Shechem--destroyed by Abimelech (Jud 9:1-49). It was rebuilt, and perhaps fortified, by Jeroboam, as a royal residence. built Penuel--a ruined city with a tower (Jud 8:9), east of Jordan, on the north bank of the Jabbok. It was an object of importance to restore this fortress (as it lay on the caravan road from Gilead to Damascus and Palmyra) and to secure his frontier on that quarter.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 12:25-33
Jeroboam distrusted the providence of God; he would contrive ways and means, and sinful ones too, for his own safety. A practical disbelief of God's all-sufficiency is at the bottom of all our departures from him. Though it is probable he meant his worship for Jehovah the God of Israel, it was contrary to the Divine law, and dishonourable to the Divine majesty to be thus represented. The people might be less shocked at worshipping the God of Israel under an image, than if they had at once been asked to worship Baal; but it made way for that idolatry. Blessed Lord, give us grace to reverence thy temple, thine ordinances, thine house of prayer, thy sabbaths, and never more, like Jeroboam, to set up in our hearts any idol of abomination. Be thou to us every thing precious; do thou reign and rule in our hearts, the hope of glory.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Kings 12:25 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּ֨בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
יָרָבְעָ֧םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁכֶ֛םshe.KhemShechemH7927
בְּהַ֥רbe.Harin [the] hill country ofH2022
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
וַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427
בָּ֑הּBahin it
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
מִשָּׁ֔םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
וַיִּ֖בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּנוּאֵֽל\׃pe.nu.'ElPenuelH6439

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Cross references for 1 Kings 12:25

  • Judges 8:17

    And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

  • Judges 8:8

    And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

  • Judges 9:45-49

    And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. …

  • Genesis 32:30-31

    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

  • Judges 9:1

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

  • 2 Chronicles 11:5-12

    And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, And Beth–zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, …

  • 1 Kings 15:17

    And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

  • 1 Kings 9:17-18

    And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether, And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

  • 1 Kings 9:15

    And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kings 16:24

    And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

  • 1 Kings 12:1

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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built.
9:15,17,18; 15:17; 16:24; 2Ch 11:5-12
Shechem.
1; Jud 9:1,45-49
Penuel.
Ge 32:30,31; Jud 8:8,17

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Context

  • 1 Kings 12:24

    Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 12:25

    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  • 1 Kings 12:26

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

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1 Kings 12:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y reedificó Jeroboam á Sichêm en el monte de Ephraim, y habitó en ella; y saliendo de allí, reedificó á Penuel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et Jéroboam bâtit Sichem dans la montagne d’Éphraïm, et y habita; et il sortit de là, et bâtit Penuel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jerobeam baute Sichem im Gebirge Ephraim und wohnte darin; und er zog von dannen aus und baute Pnuel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ædificavit autem Jeroboam Sichem in monte Ephraim, et habitavit ibi: et egressus inde ædificavit Phanuel.