penuel

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penuel - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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 (Gen. 32:24-32) "with a man" ("the
  angel", Hos. 12:4. Jacob says of him, "I have seen God face to
  face") "till the break of day."
  
    A town was afterwards built there (Judg. 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 (Judg. 8:1-21).
  On his return, Gideon slew the men of this city and razed its
  lofty watch-tower to the ground.