Penuel

Penuel פְּנִיאֵל (literally: God's Face), also: Peniel or Penuel or Peniel, was one belonging to the northern kingdom of Israel settlement, which was not far from Succoth, east of the Jordan River on the south bank of the Jabbok. Penuel is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The biblical narrative According to this was the place where Jacob had wrestled with an angel (Gen 32 EU). In the book of Judges Penuel appears as one of the cities that Gideon refused the military service in the fight against the Midianites. In revenge, Gideon was then all the inhabitants of the town and kill the castle of the city to tear down (Ri 8 EU). Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, the city in the 10th century was again erect BC. She served as his refuge from the attacks of the Egyptian king Sheshonk I. among others come for the localization Penuels the adh Dhahab Tulul in Jordan Wadi az- Zarqa ( Jabboktal ) in question, which - after a superficial probing by U.S. archaeologists - since are explored by an international archaeological team led by Thomas Pola 2005.

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