³¹ The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,^[a](A) and he was limping because of his hip.

⁸ From there he went up to Peniel^[a](A) and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.

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)

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)