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In the Bible

Abraham Moreh Deuteronomy Covenant Jacob

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Geographical position

Bethel Shiloh Jerusalem Judges Michmethath

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History

Way of the Patriarchs Chalcolithic Bronze Age Ebla tablets Stratigraphic

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Overview

Biblical Hebrew Biblical Samaritan Hebrew Septuagint Koine Greek

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Location: Tell Balata, West Bank, Palestine
Abandoned: 67 AD (destroyed)
Associated with: Canaanites, Israelites, Samaritans
Built: c. 1900 BC
Region: Southern Levant
Type: Capital city

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Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew language
Biblical Biblical Hebrew
Samaritan Hebrew Samaritan Hebrew language
Septuagint
Koine Greek Koine Greek language
Southern Levant
Retjenu
Canaanite Canaan
Amarna letters
Hebrew Bible
Kingdom of Israel Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)
United Monarchy Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Tribe of Ephraim
Fall of the Kingdom of Israel Assyrian captivity
Samaritans
Hellenistic period Hellenistic Palestine
Nablus
Tell Balata
Balata village
West Bank
Palestine
Sebek-khu Stele
Egyptian Ancient Egypt
Stele Stela
Senusret III
Hyksos period
Labaya
Habiru
EA 252 Amarna letter EA 252
EA 253 Amarna letter EA 253?action=edit&redlink=1

Etymology

Ancient Egyptian Egyptian language
Saddle Saddle (landform)
West Semitic West Semitic languages

Geographical position

Bethel
Shiloh Shiloh (Biblical city)
Jerusalem
Judges Book of Judges
Michmethath Michmethath?action=edit&redlink=1
Joshua Book of Joshua
Dothain
Genesis Book of Genesis
Ephraim
Mount Ebal
Madaba map

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Shechem

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related to Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) · 28

Shechem → Abraham, Abram, According, Canaan, Deuteronomy, Dinah's, Genesis, God, Hamor, Harran, Hebrew Bible, Hivite, Israel, Jacob, Jacob's, Joseph, Joshua, Judges, Levi, Lord

related to Geographical position · 26

Shechem → Bethel, Chronicles, Dothain, Ebal, Ephraim, Flavia Neapolis, Garizim, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, Jerusalem, Josephus, Joshua, Judges, Kings, Madaba, Michmethath, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Nablus, Shechem's

related to history · 26

Shechem → Abbasid, An, Dr, Farah North, German, Hermann Thiersch, In, Islamicized, Israel, Israeli Hebrew, Jenin, Jerusalem, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Nablus, Nearby, Ottoman, Patriarchs, Samaria, Tell

related to Sources · 13

Shechem → Abimelech Massacred, Berlin/New York, Biblical Archaeology Review, Christus, Cornel Heinsdorff, ISBN, Jakobsbrunnen, July/August, Lawrence, Nikodemus, Samaritanerin, The Shechem Temple Where, Thousand

related to New Testament · 12

Shechem → Acts, Ancient Greek, Book, Gospel, It, Jacob, John, Joseph, Samaritan, So, Sychar, Sykhár

related to External links · 11

Shechem → Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Full, Herbermann, Jewish Communities, New York, Robert Appleton Company, ShechemGuide, ShechemJewish Encyclopedia, Sichem, This

related to Early Bronze · 6

Shechem → During, Early Bronze Age, Ebla, Fauqa, Khirbet Makhneh, Some

related to Etymology · 5

Shechem → Amarna, Ancient Egyptian, Hebrew, Proto-West Semitic, The

related to Chalcolithic · 4

Shechem → At, BC, Chalcolithic, The

is a · 2

Shechem → only city to meet all the requirements for Bethulia's location, Samaritan city of Sychar described in the Gospel of John.Some of the inhabitants of Sychar were

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city bc hebrew mount mb israel gerizim samaritans bible jerusalem first joshua later tell ancient temple kingdom judges biblical age

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Shechem	Abandoned	67 AD (destroyed)	1.00	infobox
Shechem	Associated with	Canaanites, Israelites, Samaritans	1.00	infobox
Shechem	Built	c. 1900 BC	1.00	infobox
Shechem	Location	Tell Balata, West Bank, Palestine	1.00	infobox
Shechem	Region	Southern Levant	1.00	infobox
Shechem	Type	Capital city	1.00	infobox
Shechem	is a	only city to meet all the requirements for Bethulia's location	0.90	text
Shechem	is a	Samaritan city of Sychar described in the Gospel of John.Some of the inhabitants of Sychar were	0.90	text
Tel Arad	instance of	similar to ones found in other Iron Age sites	0.80	text
Tel Dan	instance of	similar to ones found in other Iron Age sites	0.80	text
may have been used for burning incense.Iron Age IIDuring the Iron Age II	instance of	similar to ones found in other Iron Age sites	0.80	text
Shechem was a city in the northern Kingdom of Israel	instance of	similar to ones found in other Iron Age sites	0.80	text

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