(Shechem was a city of safety.).
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim,
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
that lieth before Shechem;
And all the men of Shechem gathered together,
All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together,
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
Then Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof,
you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,
God also punished the men of Shechem for all their evil.
God also paid back the people of Shechem for their evil.
They then took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and they left.
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo;
king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;
And they took Dinah from the house of Shechem, and went out.
Dinah, his daughter, sought out companions among the Canaanite girls of Shechem.
Jacob learned that Shechem had done this very bad thing to his daughter.
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
At Shechem, Joshua organized one of the most memorable assemblies in Israelite history.
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim,
with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields to work.
But his concubine, whom he had in Shechem, bore him a son named Abimelech.