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'''Shechem''' was one of the oldest settlements in [[Canaan]].<ref>http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_shechem.html</ref>
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'''Shechem''' was one of the oldest settlements in [[Canaan]].<ref>http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_shechem.html</ref> It is currently the Palestinian city of Nablus.
    
'''Shechem''' was also the name of the prince who forced himself upon [[Dinah]], [[Jacob]]'s daughter and wanted to marry her.  Dinah's brothers had the entire town [[circumcised]] for the marriage to take place, and then two of the brothers [[Reuben]] and [[Levi]] slew Shechem and all of the men from the town. ([[Genesis]] 34)
 
'''Shechem''' was also the name of the prince who forced himself upon [[Dinah]], [[Jacob]]'s daughter and wanted to marry her.  Dinah's brothers had the entire town [[circumcised]] for the marriage to take place, and then two of the brothers [[Reuben]] and [[Levi]] slew Shechem and all of the men from the town. ([[Genesis]] 34)
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