Shechem, in the Bible

Shechem (shĕk`əm, shē`–), in the Bible.

1 Hivite prince.

2 Manassite chief.

Shechem, town, West Bank

Shechem (shē`kəm), town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Tell Balatan, between Mts. Gerizim and Ebal, near Nablus Nablus , Heb. Shechem, city (2003 est. pop. 127,000), the West Bank. It is the market center for a region where wheat and olives are grown and sheep and goats are grazed. Manufactures include soap made from olive oil and colorful shepherds' coats.
..... Click the link for more information. . Excavations in the 20th cent. indicate a village there c.3500 B.C. Shechem's greatest period began c.1700 B.C. when the Hyksos rebuilt it. According to patriarchal narratives in the Book of Genesis, it was visited by Abraham, and Jacob built an altar to God there. Jacob pastured his flocks near Shechem; his well remains a landmark. The rape of Dinah, Jacob's daughter, by Shechemites provoked Jacob's sons to plunder the city. As related in the book of Joshua Joshua , book of the Bible. It is the first book of the Deuteronomic history (Joshua–2 Kings), in which the theological outlook of the Book of Deuteronomy is used to explain the fate of Israel.
..... Click the link for more information. , after the Canaanite conquest, Hebrew tribes gathered at Shechem. Solomon's son Rehoboam was crowned (c.930 B.C.) there; Jeroboam I Jeroboam I , in the Bible, first king of the northern kingdom of Israel. He was an Ephraimite and led a revolt against Solomon, inspired probably by the restlessness of N Palestine under southern rule.
..... Click the link for more information. "built" Shechem. Thus it was the first northern capital, before Samaria. A small community of Samaritans still live in the area.

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The23--game unbeaten winning streak ended after referee Tom van Sichem reduced PSV to10 men by sending off Brazilian defender Alex for bringing down Ivory Coast striker Aruna Kone.

Football: HOLLAND by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Abram and Sarai moved from Sichem to Bethel to the sacred oaks of Mamre in Hebron.

Stopping by a red light on a weekday evening. (Spirituality) by Berger, Rose Marie / Sojourners

She indicates how cynicism gives way to a conciliatory position later in Erasmus's life; moreover, she studies the attacks by Catholic defenders of monasticism, Carvajal and Sichem, and manifests the divide, perhaps unbridgeable, between the theological language of scholastics and that of the humanists.

Erasmus' Vision of the Church by Coogan, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly

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Shechem, in the Bible

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