Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Psalm 60:6 - New Revised Standard Version God has promised in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, And mete out the valley of Succoth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. American Standard Version (1901) God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. Common English Bible God has spoken in his sanctuary: “I will celebrate as I divide up Shechem and portion out the Succoth Valley. Catholic Public Domain Version For you, my God, have listened to my prayer. You have granted an inheritance to those who fear your name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For thou, my God, hast heard my prayer: thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name. |
Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Now then bring it about; for the Lord has promised David: Through my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from all their enemies.”
The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?
Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: “I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
Concerning the prophets: My heart is crushed within me, all my bones shake; I have become like a drunkard, like one overcome by wine, because of the Lord and because of his holy words.
The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: The time is surely coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks.
Be strong and courageous; for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them.
and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.
The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.
The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money; it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.