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Shechem (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient Canaanite town located just east of modern Nabulus. It was important in ancient Palestine because of its position in an east-west pass between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. It was under Egyptian rule 2nd millenium BCE; capital of Jeroboam I, first king of northern Israel; declined under Assyrians from 722 BCE, but revived in Hellenistic period; destroyed by Maccabean John Hyrcanus I in 129 BCE. Its ruins are under the stratified mound of Tall al-Balatah, which shows evidence of settlement from the Middle Bronze II period (ca. 1900-ca. 1750 BCE), generally associated with the time of the Biblical patriarchs. |
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| Shechem (preferred,C,V)
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| Shekhem (C,V)
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| Sichem (C,V)
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| Tall al-Balatah (C,V)
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............ | name of the stratified mound that lies atop the ancient ruins |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Shechem (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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settled from Middle Bronze II period (ca. 1900-ca. 1750 BC), was destroyed in 129 BC |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| religious center (H) |
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was revered as home of Jacob & site of tomb & well of Joseph |
| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| predecessor of .... |
Nābulus .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Aḍ Ḍaffah al Gharbīyah) [1083909] |
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