Shechemites in the Bible

Exact Match


“O my soul, do not come into their secret council;
Let not my glory (honor) be united with their assembly [for I knew nothing of their plot];
Because in their anger they killed men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites],
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.

Verse ConceptsIrritationParticipation, In SinAnger Of Man, CauseSelf WillEvil AssociationsObstinate IndividualsReady To KillSports

And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

Verse ConceptsWounds

The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it,

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

Thematic Bible



And they gave to him seventy [pieces of] silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them worthless and reckless men, and {they followed him}.


And all those who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem. Every male was circumcised, all those who went out of the gate of his city.


Abimelech ruled over Israel three years.


for my father fought and {risked his life} for you and delivered you from the hand of Midian; but today you have risen against the house of my father and killed his sons, seventy men on one stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, a king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your relative--


and [of] Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and [of] Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;


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