Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 12:25:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, Jeroboam rehabilitated the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. Then later he rehabilitated the city of Peniel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Jeroboam strengthened the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim by building walls and gates, and he lived there. Going from there he also built up Peniel city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Jeroboam had-put-stone-wall the town of Shekem in the mountains of Efraim, and he lived there. Later on he went to Penuel and had- it -rebuilt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Jeroboam’s workers built walls around Shechem city in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and he ruled from there for a while. He and his workers then left there and went to Peniel town, and they built walls around that town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)