Atlas  Tower of Shechem (Shechem) and surrounding region Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Judges 9:46 When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of Elberith.Judges 9:47 It was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. Judges 9:49 All the people likewise each cut down his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. Encyclopedia TOWER OF SHECHEM(mighdal shekhem): Mentioned only in Judges 9:46-49. It seems along with the Beth-millo and the Beth-el-berith to have comprised the three strongest parts of the fortification when Abimelech besieged the town. It was, however, abandoned by its defenders, who took refuge in the Beth-millo, in which they were slain. |
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