He bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. He paid 100 pieces of silver for it.
Joshua 21:21 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version the city of Shechem from the hill country of Ephraim (which was a city of safety), Gezer, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To them were given, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Gezer, American Standard Version (1901) And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, Common English Bible They gave them: Shechem, the refuge city for a killer, and its pastures in the highlands of Ephraim; Gezer and its pastures; Catholic Public Domain Version from the tribe of Ephraim, Shechem, one of the cities of refuge, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, and Gezer, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer, |
He bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. He paid 100 pieces of silver for it.
David did what the Lord commanded him to do, and he defeated the Philistines. He chased them from Geba to Gezer, killing them all along the way.
Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon’s death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim. Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make him the king. The people said to Rehoboam,
They were given the city of Shechem. Shechem is a city of safety. They were also given the towns of Gezer,
King Horam of Gezer came to help Lachish, but Joshua also defeated him and his army. No one was left alive.
But the Ephraimites were not able to force the Canaanites to leave the town of Gezer. So the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, although they did become slaves of the Ephraimites.
So the Israelites chose some cities to be called cities of safety. These are the cities: Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim; Kiriath Arba (Hebron) in the hill country of Judah;
Kibzaim, and Beth Horon. In all, Ephraim gave them four towns and some land around each town for their animals.
There was a man named Micah who lived in the hill country of Ephraim.
Abimelech was the son of Gideon. Abimelech went to his uncles who lived in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother’s family,