Genesis 12:6
6Abram apassed through the land to the place at Shechem, to bthe oak ▼▼Or terebinth
of dMoreh. At that time ethe Canaanites were in the land. Genesis 33:18-19
18And Jacob came safely ▼▼Or peacefully
to the city of gShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19And from the sons of hHamor, Shechem’s father, ihe bought for a hundred pieces of money ▼▼Hebrew a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. Genesis 35:4
4So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob hid them under kthe terebinth tree that was near Shechem.Judges 9:1-3
Abimelech’s Conspiracy
1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to lhis mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family, 2“Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all mseventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that nI am oyour bone and your flesh.”3And his mother’s relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, p“He is our brother.”
1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam’s Folly
1 qRehoboam went to rShechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
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