This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
the same as H7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Shechem.
Traditional renderings: Shechem.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
63 total
- Judges 9:57שְׁכֶ֔ם · of ShechemAnd God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
- Judges 21:19שְׁכֶ֑מָה · to Shechem“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
- 1 Kings 12:1 (2×)שְׁכֶ֑ם · to Shechem; שְׁכֶ֛ם · [there]Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- 1 Kings 12:25שְׁכֶ֛ם · ShechemThen Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:67שְׁכֶ֥ם · ShechemThey were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
- 1 Chronicles 7:28וּשְׁכֶ֣ם · and ShechemTheir holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- 2 Chronicles 10:1 (2×)שְׁכֶ֑מָה · to Shechem; שְׁכֶ֛ם · [there]Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- Psalm 60:6שְׁכֶ֑ם · ShechemGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Psalm 108:7שְׁכֶ֑ם · ShechemGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Jeremiah 41:5מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם · from Shechem…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
- Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָה · to ShechemLike raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.