And the coast of Manas´seh was from Asher to Mich´methah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En–tap´pu-ah.
And Abim´elech the son of Jerubba´al went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naph´tali, and Shechem in mount E´phra-im, and Kir´jath–ar´ba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.