Then JeroboambuiltShechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and livedthere. And he wentout from thereand builtPenuel.
Abrampassedthroughthe landas faras the siteof Shechem,to the oakof Moreh.Now the Canaanite[was] thenin the land.
Therefore,to thisdaythe sonsof Israeldo not eatthe sinewof the hipwhichis on the socketof the thigh,becausehe touchedthe socketof Jacob'sthighin the sinewof the hip.
Then Rehoboamwentto Shechem,for allIsraelhad cometo Shechemto makehim king.
Jeroboamsaidin his heart,"Nowthe kingdomwill returnto the houseof David.
Baashakingof Israelwentup againstJudahand fortifiedRamahin order to prevent[anyone] from goingout or comingin to Asakingof Judah.
He boughtthe hillSamariafrom Shemerfor two talentsof silver;and he builton the hill,and namedthe citywhichhe builtSamaria,afterthe nameof Shemer,the ownerof the hill.
Now thisis the accountof the forcedlaborwhichKingSolomonleviedto buildthe houseof the LORD,his own house,the Millo,the wallof Jerusalem,Hazor,Megiddo,and Gezer.
that eightymencamefrom Shechem,from Shiloh,and from Samariawith their beardsshavedoffand their clothestornand their bodies gashed,having grain offeringsand incensein their handsto bringto the houseof the LORD.
He toredownthe towerof Penueland killedthe menof the city.
He wentup from thereto Penueland spokesimilarlyto them; and the menof Penuelansweredhim justas the menof Succothhad answered.
And Abimelechthe sonof Jerubbaalwentto Shechemto his mother'srelatives,and spoketo them and to the wholeclanof the householdof his mother'sfather,saying,
