Penuel

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Penuel, same as Peniel