They gavethem Shechem,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,in the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Gezerwith its pasturelands,
He boughtthe pieceof landwherehe had pitchedhis tentfrom the handof the sonsof Hamor,Shechem'sfather,for one hundredpiecesof money.
Then Daviddidso,justas the LORDhad commandedhim, and struckdownthe Philistinesfrom Gebaas faras Gezer.
Then Rehoboamwentto Shechem,for allIsraelhad cometo Shechemto makehim king.
They gaveto them the [following] citiesof refuge:Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraimwith its pasturelands,Gezeralso with its pasturelands,
ThenHoramkingof Gezercameup to helpLachish,and Joshuadefeatedhim and his peopleuntilhe had lefthim nosurvivor.
But they did not driveout the Canaaniteswho livedin Gezer,so the Canaaniteslivein the midstof Ephraimto thisday,and they becameforcedlaborers.
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
and Kibzaimwith its pasturelandsand Beth-horonwith its pasturelands;fourcities.
Now there was a manof the hillcountryof Ephraimwhose namewas Micah.
And Abimelechthe sonof Jerubbaalwentto Shechemto his mother'srelatives,and spoketo them and to the wholeclanof the householdof his mother'sfather,saying,
