SHECHEM. 1. Called also Sichem and Sychem, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan. Abraham dwells in, Gen. 12:6. Jacob buys a piece of ground in, and erects an altar, Gen. 33:18-20. The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in, Gen. 37:12-14. Joseph buried in, Josh. 24:32. Jacob buried in, Acts 7:16, with Gen. 50:13. 2. Called also Sychar, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim, Josh. 20:7; 21:21; Judg. 21:19. Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord, Josh. 24:1-28. Joshua buried at, Josh. 24:30-32. Abimelech made king at, Judg. 8:31; 9. Rehoboam crowned at, 1 Kin. 12:1. Destroyed by Abimelech, Judg. 9:45; rebuilt by Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:25. Men of, slain by Ishmael, Jer. 41:5. Jesus visits; disciples made in, John 4:1-42. 3. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob's daughter; slain by Jacob's sons, Gen. 33:19; 34; Josh. 24:32; Judg. 9:28. Called Sychem, Acts 7:16. 4. Ancestor of the Shechemites, Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2. 5. Son of Shemidah, 1 Chr. 7:19.