Skip to content- 1. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan
- Abraham lives inGen 12:6
- The flocks and herds of Jacob kept inGen 37:12–14
- Joseph buried inJos 24:32
- Jacob buried inAct 7:16Gen 50:13
- 2. Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount EphraimJos 20:7Jos 21:21Jdg 21:19
- Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the LordJos 24:1–28
- Joshua buried atJos 24:30–32
- Abimelech made king atJdg 8:31Jdg 9
- Rehoboam crowned at1Ki 12:1
- Destroyed by AbimelechJdg 9:45
- Rebuilt by Jeroboam1Ki 12:25
- Men of, killed by IshmaelJer 41:5
- Jesus visits; disciples made inJhn 4:1–42
- 3. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob' s daughter; killed by Jacob' s sonsGen 33:19Gen 34Jos 24:32Jdg 9:28
- Called SYCHEMAct 7:16
- 4. Ancestor of the ShechemitesNum 26:31Jos 17:2
- 5. Son of Shemidah1Ch 7:19
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