1 Kings 12:25 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.

NIV: Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.

NASB: Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.

CSB: Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built Penuel.

NLT: Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel.

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

NKJV: Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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