Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
The oak
Bible References
Hid them
Exodus 32:20
And he took the calf which they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and dropped it upon the water, and made the sons of Israel drink of it.
Deuteronomy 7:5
But you shall deal with them in this way: you shall destroy their altars and break down their images, and cut down their groves and burn their graven images with fire.
Isaiah 2:20
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Isaiah 30:22
You shall also defile the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away like a menstruous cloth. You shall say to it, Get away.
The oak
Joshua 24:25
And Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Judges 9:6
And all the leaders of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo. And they came and made Abimelech king beside the plain of the pillar in Shechem.