Abram passed through the land as far as the place of Shechem, as far as Moreh’s big tree. (The Canaanites were in the land then.)
Psalm 60:6 - Tree of Life Version To those who fear You, You gave a banner, to be unfurled before the archers. Selah 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 as far as the place of Shechem, as far as Moreh’s big tree. (The Canaanites were in the land then.)
So now do it! For Adonai has spoken of David saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will deliver My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”
Adonai has sworn to David a true promise He will not revoke: “From the fruit of your body I will set one upon your throne—
For our shield belongs to Adonai, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
As for the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine because of Adonai, because of His holy words.
My Lord Adonai has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, days are coming upon you when he will drag you away with meat-hooks, the last of you with fishhooks.
Chazak! Be strong! For you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their fathers to give them.
In the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon—that is, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, to the lowest part of the Sea of Chinneroth beyond the Jordan eastward.
The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath, which is facing Shechem. Then the border went along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned Israel’s elders, heads, judges and officials. So they presented themselves before God.
Joseph’s bones, which Bnei-Yisrael had brought up from Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the parcel of ground that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for 100 pieces of silver. It became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.