Penuel

Penuel פְּנִיאֵל (literally: God's face ), also: Peniel or Pnuel or Pnuël , was a settlement belonging to the northern kingdom of Israel , which was east of the Jordan on the south bank of the Jabbok not far from Sukkot . Penuel is mentioned several times in the Old Testament :

According to the biblical narrative, this was the place where Jacob wrestled with an angel ( Gen 32 EU ).
In the Book of Judges, Penuel appears as one of the cities that refused Gideon military service in the fight against the Midianites. In revenge, Gideon had all the city's residents killed and the city's castle torn down ( Ri 8 EU ).
Jeroboam I , the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel , left the city in the 10th century BC. . Chr again build. It served him as a refuge from the attacks of the Egyptian king Scheschonq I ( 1 Kings 12.25 EU ).

For localization Penuels are inter alia the Tulul adh-Dhahab in Jordan Wadi az-Zarqa (Jabboktal) in question - since 2005 by an international excavation team under the direction of - after a superficial probe by US archaeologist Thomas Pola be explored.

32.183333333333 35.7Coordinates: 32 ° 11 ' N , 35 ° 42' E

Web links

Thomas Pola: Pnuel. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.
Holger Elfes: When Schoschenk chased Jeroboam. Report on the excavation, taz of August 18, 2005