⁹ So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”^(A)

¹⁷ He also pulled down the tower of Peniel^(A) and killed the men of the town.^(B)

³⁰ So Jacob called the place Peniel,^[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,^(A) and yet my life was spared.”

Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

²⁵ Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem^(A) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.^[a](B)