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• ShechemBible

  Shechem was an ancient Canaanite city in the hill country of Ephraim, situated between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In Scripture it appears as a major setting for covenant and political events from the patriarchal period through the division of the kingdom.

• ZebulPeople

  Zebul is a figure in Judges 9 who was the ruler of the city of Shechem during Abimelech's reign. He secretly informed Abimelech of Gaal's rebellion and drove Gaal out of the city.

• HamorPeople

  Hamor was a Hivite of the Canaanite city of Shechem and the father of Shechem, mentioned in Genesis 33–34. As head of the family that sold land to Jacob, he was killed by Simeon and Levi after the incident involving Dinah.

• Genesis 34Bible

  Genesis 34 records how, after Shechem violated Jacob's daughter Dinah, Simeon and Levi used a deceitful demand for circumcision to kill the men of the city of Shechem, after which their brothers plundered the city.

• Joshua 24:14-25Bible Verses

  In this passage Joshua, at Shechem, urges the people of Israel to put away other gods and choose to serve the LORD alone, and then makes a covenant with them. Verse 15, "as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD," is widely quoted as a pledge of household faith.

• Mount GerizimBible

  Mount Gerizim is a mountain south of Shechem. Deuteronomy and Joshua present it as the "mountain of blessing," from which the blessing was proclaimed. It later became the center of Samaritan worship.

• Mount EbalBible

  Mount Ebal is a mountain north of Shechem that faces Mount Gerizim. There, in obedience to Moses' command, Joshua built an altar and inscribed the law, and the curses of the law were proclaimed.

• Genesis 35:1–7Bible Verses

  After the events at Shechem, God commands Jacob to go up to Bethel and build an altar there, and Jacob's household puts away its foreign gods before arriving at Bethel. The passage is often preached as an example of fulfilling a vow and of purification before worship.

• Joshua 24Bible

  Joshua 24 is the final chapter of the Book of Joshua. At Shechem, Joshua reviews Israel's history, urges the people to serve the LORD alone, and makes a covenant with them. The chapter then records the deaths of Joshua and Eleazar and the burial of Joseph's bones.

• DinahPeople

  Dinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah and the only daughter of Jacob named in the Bible. She is the central figure in the Shechem incident recorded in Genesis 34.

• HivitesBible

  In the Old Testament, the Hivites are presented as descendants of Canaan and as one of the so-called "seven nations" that inhabited the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The people of Shechem and Gibeon are identified as Hivites.

• Jotham's FableBible

  Jotham's Fable is the story recorded in Judges 9:7-21 that Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, told the men of Shechem from the top of Mount Gerizim. In it the trees seek to anoint a king over themselves. The useful trees decline, and only the bramble offers to become king.

• Simeon (son of Jacob)People

  The second son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. He is known for his part in the Shechem incident and for being held as a hostage in the story of Joseph.

• Jotham (son of Gideon)People

  Jotham was the youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal) and appears in Judges 9. He alone survived when his brother Abimelech killed their brothers, and from Mount Gerizim he proclaimed the "parable of the bramble" to rebuke the men of Shechem.

• Genesis 33Bible

  Genesis 33 tells how Jacob meets his brother Esau, who has come with four hundred men. The two embrace and are reconciled. Jacob then travels by way of Succoth to Shechem in the land of Canaan, where he buys a field and builds an altar.

• Judges 9Bible

  Judges 9 recounts how Abimelech, son of Gideon, killed his seventy brothers and became king at Shechem, then fell into conflict with Shechem after three years and died at Thebez.

• 2 Chronicles 10Bible

  2 Chronicles 10 recounts how, after Solomon's death, Rehoboam rejected the people's request at Shechem to lighten their burden, and the northern tribes broke away from the house of David.

• GaalPeople

  Gaal, the son of Ebed, appears in Judges 9. He incited the men of Shechem to rise against Abimelech but was defeated in battle and driven out of Shechem.

• Joshua 24:15Bible Verses

  Joshua 24:15 records the declaration Joshua made near the end of his life, when he called on Israel to choose that day whom they would serve and announced, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It is among the verses most widely used as a motto for household faith, and it is also cited in discussions of human choice and divine sovereignty.