Thematic Bible: Or shechem Sychar


Thematic Bible



So they selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. Verse ConceptsHills

They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Verse ConceptsTownPeople Giving Other Thingshumor

Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel's elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersRenewal, Of People Of GodAssembling Israel

Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king. Verse ConceptsCoronationsMaking Kings

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) Verse ConceptsAbrahamTravelOakswitches

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph. Verse ConceptsExhumationsBonesLarge Denominations

After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city. Verse ConceptsBoldness Examples OfAltars, Built ByCamp, Of Israel

When his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, Verse ConceptsThose Who Kept Stock

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