Genesis 34:2
2And when Shechem the son of aHamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.Genesis 37:12
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near bShechem.Genesis 37:14
14So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of cHebron, and he came to Shechem.Joshua 20:7
7So they set apart dKedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and eShechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and fKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) gin the hill country of Judah.Joshua 21:21
21To them were given Shechem, hthe city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,Joshua 24:1
The Covenant Renewal at Shechem
1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel ito Shechem and jsummoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And kthey presented themselves before God.Joshua 24:32
32 lAs for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land mthat Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. ▼▼Hebrew for a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph. Judges 9:1
Abimelech’s Conspiracy
1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to ohis mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family,1 Kings 12:1
Rehoboam’s Folly
1 pRehoboam went to qShechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.1 Kings 12:25
Jeroboam’s Golden Calves
25Then Jeroboam rbuilt Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and sbuilt Penuel.
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