Penuel
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face or vision of God; that sees God
(same as Peniel)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PENUEL (once, Gen_32:30, Peniel).A place E. of Jordan, and near the Jabbok, at which Jacob wrestled with the angel (Gen_32:24 ff.), and said (Gen_32:30) to be called Peniel (or Penuel), i.e. Face of God, because Jacob said, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved. (The mention of the face of God in Gen_33:10 makes it possible that another explanation of the origin of the name is there alluded to.) There was, however, in Phnicia, a little S. of Tripolis, a headland called Theou prosôpon, Gods face; and it is thought by some scholars that Penuel really derived its name from some projecting rock in whose contour a face was seen. Penuel is mentioned also in the history of Gideon, as a place with a strong tower or castle which Gideon destroyed (Jdg_8:8-9; Jdg_8:17); it may be inferred from this passage that Penuel was a little E. of Succoth (Jdg_8:6), and also on a higher elevation (went up, Jdg_8:8). Many years later, Penuel was fortified by Jeroboam (1Ki_12:25); so that it must have been a place of some strategic importance. The site is not more certain than that of Succoth; see under Succoth some account of the data upon which its settlement depends, and a suggestion for it. Merrill identifies Penuel with Tulûl edh-Dhahab (the hills of gold, so called from the yellow metalliferous sandstone of which they are composed), two conical hills, about 250 ft. high, round which the Jabbok winds, about 6 miles E. of Deir Allâ (which Merrill identifies with Succoth), up the valley, with ancient ruins on the top; and Conder Identifies it with Jebel Osha, a mountain 3597 ft. high, with a fine view, 8 miles S. of the Jabbok. But to each of these identifications there are grave objections: as regards Merrills site, it is expressly declared by other travellers that the banks of the Jabbok for many miles above Tulûl edh-Dhahab are on both sides so lofty and precipitous as to afford no way for either the Midianites or Gideon to pass along them (see ExpT [Note: Expository Times.] . xiii. [1902] 457 ff., or more briefly the writers Genesis, p. 300 ff.).
S. R. Driver.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See PENIEL.) Between Jabbok and Succoth (Gen 32:22-30-31; Gen_33:17). Gideon after Succoth mounted to Penuel (Jdg_8:5-8.) (See GIDEON.) It then had a tower. Jeroboam fortified Penuel (1Ki_12:25.) The men of Penuel, like those of Succoth, as living on the great army route between Canaan and the East, would not help Gideon through fear of Midian's vengeance. Penuel was a frontier fortress built "by the way of them that dwelt in tents" (i.e., their usual route along the course of the Jabbok, where they would have a level way and grass and water, down to the Damieh ford of the Jordan, and so into Canaan).
Hence arose Jeroboam's need of rebuilding the tower which Gideon had broken down long before, and which lay due E. from his capital. Four miles above "Canaan's ford" are two conical hills called "hills of gold" (Dhahab) from the yellow sandstone; one is on one side, the other on the other side, of the stream. The western one is larger and has more ruins; the ruins on the eastern one are remarkable, a platform running along its precipitous side, strengthened by a wall 20 ft. high and very solid. The work is cyclopean and of the oldest times; and there are no ruins along the Jabbok course for 50 miles save those. The strange aspect of the place harmonizes with the name given after Jacob's wrestling with the angel of Jehovah, "the Face of God."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Penu'el. See Peniel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
One of the more important towns in Israels territory east of Jordan was Penuel. It was in the centre of the region popularly called Gilead, situated on the Jabbok River, close to the point where the Jabbok joins the Jordan (Gen_32:22; Gen_32:31). Various Israelite leaders, recognizing the strategic importance of the Jordan and the Jabbok as defence barriers, built special fortifications at Penuel (Jdg_8:9; Jdg_8:17; 1Ki_12:25). (For map and other details see GILEAD.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
pḗ-nū?el, pen?ū́-el. See PENIEL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Penuel
In the place of this name, SEE PENIEL. The name Penuel (Heb. Penuel', פְּנוּאֵלface of God; Sept. Φανουήλ) occurs also as the name of two men.
1. First named of two sons of Hur, son of Judah. He was the father of Gedor (1Ch_4:4). B.C. post 1658.
2. Last named of eleven sons of Shashak, son of Beriah; a man of the tribe of Benjamin who dwelt in the city of Jerusalem (1Ch_8:25). B.C, post 1612.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
(same as Peniel)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PENUEL (once, Gen_32:30, Peniel).A place E. of Jordan, and near the Jabbok, at which Jacob wrestled with the angel (Gen_32:24 ff.), and said (Gen_32:30) to be called Peniel (or Penuel), i.e. Face of God, because Jacob said, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved. (The mention of the face of God in Gen_33:10 makes it possible that another explanation of the origin of the name is there alluded to.) There was, however, in Phnicia, a little S. of Tripolis, a headland called Theou prosôpon, Gods face; and it is thought by some scholars that Penuel really derived its name from some projecting rock in whose contour a face was seen. Penuel is mentioned also in the history of Gideon, as a place with a strong tower or castle which Gideon destroyed (Jdg_8:8-9; Jdg_8:17); it may be inferred from this passage that Penuel was a little E. of Succoth (Jdg_8:6), and also on a higher elevation (went up, Jdg_8:8). Many years later, Penuel was fortified by Jeroboam (1Ki_12:25); so that it must have been a place of some strategic importance. The site is not more certain than that of Succoth; see under Succoth some account of the data upon which its settlement depends, and a suggestion for it. Merrill identifies Penuel with Tulûl edh-Dhahab (the hills of gold, so called from the yellow metalliferous sandstone of which they are composed), two conical hills, about 250 ft. high, round which the Jabbok winds, about 6 miles E. of Deir Allâ (which Merrill identifies with Succoth), up the valley, with ancient ruins on the top; and Conder Identifies it with Jebel Osha, a mountain 3597 ft. high, with a fine view, 8 miles S. of the Jabbok. But to each of these identifications there are grave objections: as regards Merrills site, it is expressly declared by other travellers that the banks of the Jabbok for many miles above Tulûl edh-Dhahab are on both sides so lofty and precipitous as to afford no way for either the Midianites or Gideon to pass along them (see ExpT [Note: Expository Times.] . xiii. [1902] 457 ff., or more briefly the writers Genesis, p. 300 ff.).
S. R. Driver.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See PENIEL.) Between Jabbok and Succoth (Gen 32:22-30-31; Gen_33:17). Gideon after Succoth mounted to Penuel (Jdg_8:5-8.) (See GIDEON.) It then had a tower. Jeroboam fortified Penuel (1Ki_12:25.) The men of Penuel, like those of Succoth, as living on the great army route between Canaan and the East, would not help Gideon through fear of Midian's vengeance. Penuel was a frontier fortress built "by the way of them that dwelt in tents" (i.e., their usual route along the course of the Jabbok, where they would have a level way and grass and water, down to the Damieh ford of the Jordan, and so into Canaan).
Hence arose Jeroboam's need of rebuilding the tower which Gideon had broken down long before, and which lay due E. from his capital. Four miles above "Canaan's ford" are two conical hills called "hills of gold" (Dhahab) from the yellow sandstone; one is on one side, the other on the other side, of the stream. The western one is larger and has more ruins; the ruins on the eastern one are remarkable, a platform running along its precipitous side, strengthened by a wall 20 ft. high and very solid. The work is cyclopean and of the oldest times; and there are no ruins along the Jabbok course for 50 miles save those. The strange aspect of the place harmonizes with the name given after Jacob's wrestling with the angel of Jehovah, "the Face of God."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Penu'el. See Peniel.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
One of the more important towns in Israels territory east of Jordan was Penuel. It was in the centre of the region popularly called Gilead, situated on the Jabbok River, close to the point where the Jabbok joins the Jordan (Gen_32:22; Gen_32:31). Various Israelite leaders, recognizing the strategic importance of the Jordan and the Jabbok as defence barriers, built special fortifications at Penuel (Jdg_8:9; Jdg_8:17; 1Ki_12:25). (For map and other details see GILEAD.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
pḗ-nū?el, pen?ū́-el. See PENIEL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Penuel
In the place of this name, SEE PENIEL. The name Penuel (Heb. Penuel', פְּנוּאֵלface of God; Sept. Φανουήλ) occurs also as the name of two men.
1. First named of two sons of Hur, son of Judah. He was the father of Gedor (1Ch_4:4). B.C. post 1658.
2. Last named of eleven sons of Shashak, son of Beriah; a man of the tribe of Benjamin who dwelt in the city of Jerusalem (1Ch_8:25). B.C, post 1612.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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