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Shechem (/ˈʃɛkəm/ SHEK-əm; Hebrew: שְׁכֶם, romanized: Šəḵem,
Biblical pronunciation: [ʃəˈxɛm];
Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠬࠥࠊࠝࠌ, romanized: Šăkēm), also spelled...
- and only
named daughter of Leah and Jacob. The
episode of her rape by
Shechem, son of a
Canaanite or
Hivite prince, and the
subsequent vengeance of her...
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immediate vicinity of the
Palestinian city of
Nablus and the
biblical city of
Shechem. It
forms the
southern side of the
valley in
which Nablus is situated,...
- seduced) by a
Canaanite named Shechem.
Simeon and his
brother Levi take
violent revenge against the
inhabitants of
Shechem by
tricking them into cir****cising...
- the Late
Bronze Age and
later biblical Shechem. One
biblical tradition identifies the
general area of
Shechem as the resting-place of the
biblical patriarch...
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which Samaritans believe is
Mount Gerizim near
modern Nablus and
ancient Shechem. Both Jews and
Samaritans ****ert that the
Binding of
Isaac occurred at...
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attributed to the 12 tribes: Reuben:
water (Genesis 49) Simeon: the
gates of
Shechem (Midrash
BaMidbar Rabbah 2:7) Levi:
Thummim and Urim (see Deut 33:8)[citation...
- kingdoms: the
Kingdom of
Israel in the north,
containing the
cities of
Shechem and Samaria; and the
Kingdom of
Judah in the south,
containing Jerusalem...
- Book of Genesis, Levi and his brother, Simeon,
exterminate the city of
Shechem in
revenge for the rape of Dinah,
seizing the
wealth of the city and killing...
- lead them to be
unfaithful to God. At a
general ****embly of the
clans at
Shechem, he took
leave of the people,
admonishing them to be
loyal to
their God...
