Places of the Bible

Shechem

Central hill country (Ephraim) · both · 57 verses

Shechem was a city in the central hill country between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. It was an important gathering place through much of Israel's history. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Joshua and 7 more in the King James text.

About Shechem

Shechem was a city in the central hill country between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. It was an important gathering place through much of Israel's history.

Its place in the story

Abram built an altar at Shechem when he first entered the land, and Jacob later camped and bought ground there. Joshua gathered Israel at Shechem to renew the covenant, and the bones of Joseph were buried nearby.

Shechem in Scripture (KJV)

“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.”
Genesis 12:6 (KJV)
“And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.”
Genesis 33:18 (KJV)
“And he 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 33:19 (KJV)
“And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.”
Genesis 34:2 (KJV)
“And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.”
Genesis 34:4 (KJV)
“And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.”
Genesis 34:6 (KJV)
“And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.”
Genesis 34:8 (KJV)
“And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.”
Genesis 34:11 (KJV)

Shechem is named 57 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Shechem is one of the earliest places Abraham worshiped in the promised land, a link in the covenant story that Scripture carries forward to Christ.

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Where is Shechem in the Bible?

Shechem was a city in the central hill country between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim. It was an important gathering place through much of Israel's history. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Joshua and 7 more in the King James text.

What happened at Shechem?

Abram built an altar at Shechem when he first entered the land, and Jacob later camped and bought ground there. Joshua gathered Israel at Shechem to renew the covenant, and the bones of Joseph were buried nearby.

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