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SHECHEM

(Heb. šĕḵem)

(PERSON)

Great standing stone in forecourt of Late Bronze I fortress temple at Shechem (ca. 1450 b.c.e.)
(Allen C. Myers)

1. A son of Hamor, Hivite prince of the Shechemites (Gen. 34:2). After raping Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, he becomes enamored with her and asks his father to arrange a marriage (Gen. 34:4). Outraged by Shechem’s violent act, as well as his desire to marry a Hebrew woman and Hamor’s proposal of a general intermarriage alliance between Hebrews and Shechemites, Dinah’s brothers insist that all males of the city be circumcised as a partial concession to Israelite ways (Gen. 34:13-17). While the Shechemites are incapacitated by the operation, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, enter and plunder the defenseless city, kill all the men including Shechem and Hamor, and carry off Dinah (Gen. 34:25-29).

Lucille C. Thibodeau, P. M.

2. A descendant of Manasseh and progenitor of the Shechemite branch of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2).

3. A son of Shemida of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:19), perhaps the same as 2 above.

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SHECHEM

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)