SHECHEM
–1. Also called SICHEM and SYCHEM, a district in the central part of the land of Canaan .Abraham lives in Ge 12:6 .The flocks and herds of Jacob kept in Ge 37:12-14 .Joseph buried in Jos 24:32 .Jacob buried in Ac 7:16 ; with Ge 50:13 –2. Also called SYCHAR, a city of refuge in Mount Ephraim Jos 20:7 ; 21:21 ; Jud 21:19 .Joshua assembled the tribes of Israel at, with all their elders, chiefs, and judges, and presented them before the Lord Jos 24:1-28 .Joshua buried at Jos 24:30-32 .Abimelech made king at Jud 8:31 ; 9 .Rehoboam crowned at 1Ki 12:1 .Destroyed by Abimelech Jud 9:45 .Rebuilt by Jeroboam 1Ki 12:25 .Men of, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5 .Jesus visits; disciples made in Joh 4:1-42 –3. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob’ s daughter; killed by Jacob’ s sons Ge 33:19 ; 34 ; Jos 24:32 ; Jud 9:28 .Called SYCHEM Ac 7:16 –4. Ancestor of the Shechemites Nu 26:31 ; Jos 17:2 –5. Son of Shemidah 1Ch 7:19
SHECHEMITES
–Descendants of Shechem Nu 26:31
SHILOH
–1. A name of Jesus Ge 49:10 –2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem Jud 21:19 .Tabernacle located at Jos 18:1-10 ; Jud 18:31 ; 21:19 ; 1Sa 1:3 , 9 , 21 , 24 ; 2:14 ; Ps 78:60 ; Jer 7:12 .Seat of government during the time of Joshua Jos 21:1 , 2 .The place of rendezvous for the tribes Jos 22:9 , 12 ; Jud 21:12 .Eli lived at 1Sa 1:9 ; 4:12 , 13 .Eli dies at 1Sa 4:18 .Ahijah the prophet lives at 1Ki 14:2 .Devoted men from, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5-9
SIMEON
–1. Son of Jacob Ge 29:33 ; 35:23 ; Ex 1:1 , 2 ; 1Ch 2:1 .With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah Ge 34 ; 49:5-7 .Jacob’ s denunciation of Ge 34:30 ; 49:5-7 .Goes down into Egypt to buy corn (graini); is imprisoned by Joseph, and is detained Ge 42:24 , 36 ; 43:23 .His sons Ge 46:10 ; Ex 6:15 ; 1Ch 4:24-37 .Descendants of Nu 26:12-14 .See TRIBE OF, below –2. TRIBE OF .Military enrollment of, at Sinai Nu 1:22 , 23 ; 2:13 .On the plains of Moab Nu 26:14 .Place of, in camping and marching Nu 2:12 ; 10:18 , 19 .Inheritance allotted to Jos 19:1-9 ; Jud 1:3-17 ; 1Ch 4:24-43 .Stood on Mount Gerizim to bless at the time of the recounting of the law of Moses De 27:12 .Joined with the people of Judah and Benjamin in the renewal of the Passover 2Ch 15:9 ; with 15:1-15 .Idolatry of 2Ch 34:6 ; with 34:1-7 .See ISRAEL –3. A devout man in Jerusalem .Blesses Jesus (when an infant) in the temple Lu 2:25-35 –4. An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:30 –5. A disciple .Also called NIGER Ac 13:1 –6. Name given to Peter Ac 15:14 .See PETER
SYCHAR
–See SHECHEM , number two
SYCHEM
–See SHECHEM , number one and number three