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Place

Shechem

central Canaanite city

City associated with Abraham, Jacob, Joseph's bones, and covenant renewal.

58 appearances11 Bible books1 known aliases

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City in the hill country of Ephraim between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim where first builds an altar in under the oak of . buys a parcel of ground there and his daughter is violated by the city's prince, prompting and Levi's massacre of the men of Shechem. 's bones, brought up from Egypt, are buried in Jacob's field there. renews the covenant at Shechem, is rejected as king there, and speaks with the woman at Jacob's well nearby.

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Modern location: Tell Balatah. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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