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Shechem

40 verses · 2 known names

Also known as: Sichem

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

  2. He sent messengers to Abimelech craftily, saying, “Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and behold, they incite the city against you.

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

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

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

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

  7. They said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”

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

  9. Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.

  10. They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

  11. Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;

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

  13. God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

  14. God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

  15. men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.