Penuel: Face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan
and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel." Here Jacob
wrestled
(Genesis 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the angel",
(Hosea 12:4) Jacob
says of him, "I have seen God face to face") "till the break of day."
A town was afterwards built there
(Judges 8:8; 1 Kings 12:25) The men of
this place refused to succour Gideon and his little army when they
were in pursuit of the Midianites
(Judges 8:1-21) On his return,
Gideon slew the men of this city and razed its lofty watch-tower to
the ground.
