Shechem in Mount Ephraim
Shechem is the name of a district and city in the hill country of Ephraim. It is in northern central Palestine.
The LORD told Abram to get out of the country of his relatives and into a land the LORD would show him. The LORD would make of Abram a great nation, and would bless him and make his name great and he shall be a blessing. Abram left Haran. He took his wife, Sarai, and Lot the son of his brother and departed out of Haran. They went into the land of Canaan. Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem or Shechem, unto the plain of Moreh. The LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, “Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.” (Genesis 12:1-7 KJV).
Jacob, who was later named Israel, came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. Jacob bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem‘s father, for an hundred pieces of money. (Genesis 33:18-19 KJV).
Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land and was seen by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the prince of the country Shechem. He took her and lay with her and defiled her. His soul was strongly attracted to her and he loved her and wanted to marry her. Jacob heard Dinah had been defiled he waited until Hamor came to talk to him. Because these people were not circumcised Jacob said if they would consent that every male be circumcised then he would give Dinah to dwell with them, and they could become one people. Hamor had all his men circumcised. The third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. This troubled Jacob who told Simeon and Levi they had made Jacob morally offensive among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites, and Perizzites and he feared for his life. (Genesis 34:1-31 KJV).
The ten sons of Jacob, Israel, fed their fathers flock in Shechem. Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob, Israel, was sent to Shechem to check on his brothers. (Genesis 37:12-14 KJV).
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel, the elders, and judges of Israel, to Shechem for his farewell address to the tribes. Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. Joshua wrote the words in the book of the law of God and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. Joshua said the stone shall be a witness unto them and the LORD. Then Joshua died. (Joshua 24:1-28 KJV).
The bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, was buried in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Joshua 24:32 KJV).
Abimelech, the son of Gideon by a concubine of Shechem, was the ruler of the city of Shechem. Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brothers, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father asking them to follow him. All the men of Shechem gathered together and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem. The men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech. (Judges 8:31-9:23 KJV).
Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, was made King after the death of his father Solomon. Rehoboam went to Shechem so all Israel were come to make him king. Rehoboam consulted with the old men who served with his father to advise him how to answer the people about their heavy yoke put on them by King Solomon. Rehoboam answered his father, King Solomon made their yoke heavy and he would add to their yoke. Rehoboam ruled over the children of Israel the house of David who dwelt in the cities of Judah. Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. Israel made Jeroboam king over them. (1 Kings 12:1-24 KJV).
Jeroboam had dwelt in Egypt after fleeing there from King Solomon. He built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel. Jeroboam led Israel to sin when he two calves of gold so Israel could worship. (1 Kings 12: 24-33 KJV).
The residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out to the tribe of Ephraim. And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs. (1 Chronicles 6:22-27 KJV).
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