Joshua 17:7

Good News Translation

The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, east of Shechem. The border then went south to include the people of Entappuah.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

Genesis 37:12

One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock,

Genesis 37:14

His father told him, “Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock is all right; then come back and tell me.” So his father sent him on his way from Hebron Valley. Joseph arrived at Shechem

1 Kings 12:1

Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.

1 Kings 12:25

King Jeroboam of Israel fortified the town of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there for a while. Then he left and fortified the town of Penuel.

1 Chronicles 6:67

Shechem, the city of refuge in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer,

Psalm 60:6

From his sanctuary God has said, “In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.

Joshua 17:6

since his female descendants as well as his male descendants were assigned land. The land of Gilead was assigned to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

Joshua 17:8

The land around Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, on the border, belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

Joshua 20:7

So, on the west side of the Jordan they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.

Joshua 21:21

They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim (one of the cities of refuge), Gezer,

Joshua 24:1

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came into the presence of God.

Joshua 24:32

The body of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, was buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's descendants.

Judges 9:1

Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem, where all his mother's relatives lived, and told them