Penuel

A short time later, he left Shechem and fortified Penuel, declaring it as his new capital (1 Kings 12:25).

He and his son, Nadab, ruled there, until Baasha seized the throne in 909 BCE and moved the capital to Tirzah (1 Kings 15:25–34).

Some scholars consider that the material of Genesis 32–35, including the account of Jacob being renamed Israel at Penuel, may be a later addition that introduces a new power structure centered around the establishment of sacral places in the North (Penuel, Shechem and Bethel).

[3] Up until 1970, biblical scholars identified Penuel with the twin peaks of Tulul adh-Dhahab in modern-day Jordan.

Based on the account given in Genesis, scholars believed Penuel to be the location of a sacred sanctuary,[4] and presumed that there must have been a temple from Iron Age I or earlier on one of the peaks.