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	Shechem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shechem, Sichem, or Shkhem (שְׁכֶם / שְׁכָם "Shoulder", Standard Hebrew Šəḫem / Šəḫam, Tiberian Hebrew Šəḵem / Šəḵām was an Israelite city in the tribe of Ephraim, situated at Tell Balatah 32°12′11″N, 35°18′40″E, 2 km east of present-day Nablus) was the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
		Shechem was a commercial center due to its position in the middle of vital trade routes through the region.
		Shechem was the place appointed, after Solomon's death, for the meeting of the people of Israel and the investiture of Roboam; the meeting ended in the secession of the ten northern tribes, and Sichem, fortified by Jeroboam, became for a while the capital of the new kingdom (1 Kings 12:1; 14:17; 2 Chronicles 10:1).
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	"Shechem" by Robert I Bradshaw
		Shechem’s strategic location and plentiful supplies of both food and water explain why it was occupied for thousands of years.
		Shechem was a city of refuge and as such was supposed to be a place of safety.
		The surviving population relocated to the nearby towns of Sychar and Neapolis (Anderson, 1988: 304; Wright, 1965: 183-184).
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	Shechem (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		Shechem became one of the cities of refuge, the central city of refuge for Western Palestine (Josh.
		Rehoboam was appointed king in Shechem (1 Kings 12:1, 19), but Jeroboam afterwards took up his residence here.
		This city is mentioned in connection with our Lord's conversation with the woman of Samaria (John 4:5); and thus, remaining as it does to the present day, it is one of the oldest cities of the world.
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	Abraham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Trusting this promise, Abram journeyed down to Shechem, and at the sacred tree (compare Gen. 25:4, Joshua 24:26, Judges 9:6) received a new promise that the land would be given unto His seed (descendants).
		The route along the banks of the Euphrates from south to north was so frequently taken by migrating Tribes that the tradition has nothing improbable in itself, But the prominence given in the older narratives to the view that Haran was the home gives this the preference.
		It was thence that Jacob, the Father of the Tribes of Israel, came and the route to Shechem and Bethel is precisely the same in both.
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	Joshua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When he was "old and stricken in age" Joshua convened the elders and chiefs of the Israelites and exhorted them to have no fellowship with the native population.
		At a general assembly of the clans at Shechem he took leave of the people, admonishing them to be loyal to their God, who had been so mightily manifested in the midst of them.
		As a witness of their promise to serve God, Joshua set up a great stone under an oak by the sanctuary of God.
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