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Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
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Verse 25. Built, or “had built,” while Roboam was preparing for his invasion. Salien.—Sichem and Phanuel had been ruined by Abimelech, and by Gedeon. Judges 8:17 and 9:45. Calmet.—By means of these fortresses, he secured both sides of the Jordan. Bible.—Jeroboam afterwards fixed his residence at Thirsa, where the court was kept, till Amri built Samaria.
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