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Shechem

40 verses · 2 known names

Also known as: Sichem

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  1. And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?

  2. And he sent messengers unto Abimelech craftily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren are come to Shechem; and, behold, they constrain the city to take part against thee.

  3. And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

  4. And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

  5. And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.

  6. and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

  7. And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

  8. And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  9. Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  10. And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

  11. And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;

  12. And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  13. God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  14. God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  15. that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.