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== Aftermath ==

== Aftermath ==

This was the second episode in which the original Canaanites of [[Shechem]] fought with the children of Israel. (The first was the ambush of the city after the rape of [[Dinah]].) With the end of Abimelech's war, Shechem ceased to exist as a Canaanite city.<ref name=McCurdy>McCurdy JF, Levi GB, and Ginzberg L, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=305&letter=A Abimelech]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 19, 2008.</ref> Centuries later, [[Jeroboam I]] would revolt against [[Rehoboam]] and establish the [[Kingdom of Israel]] with Shechem as his capital.

This was the second episode in which the original Canaanites of [[Shechem]] fought with the children of Israel. (The first was the ambush of the city after the rape of [[Dinah]].) With the end of Abimelech's war, Shechem ceased to exist as a Canaanite city.<ref name=McCurdy>McCurdy JF, Levi GB, and Ginzberg L, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=305&letter=A Abimelech]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 19, 2008.</ref> Centuries later, [[Jeroboam I]] would revolt against [[Rehoboam]] and establish the [[Kingdom of Israel]] with Shechem as his capital.

== References ==

== References ==

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