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Places › Shechem (tower) Place
Shechem (tower) Also known as Shechem, Tower of Shechem
Named in 3 verses , first in Judges 9:46 .
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Shechem .
Where Identification Uncertain The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed within a related, larger area.
The dataset’s match to an ancient-world gazetteer has not been checked yet. Gazetteer entry
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People Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.
In the Bible All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Judges Judges 9:46 On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
Judges 9:47 And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
Judges 9:49 So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
Place data from Theographic Bible Metadata by Robert Rouse, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (please also credit its original sources); its coordinates draw on OpenBible.info and the Pleiades / DARE gazetteers. Verse links use KJV (1769) numbering; verse text is the Berean Standard Bible (public domain).