Daily Scripture
Exo. 15:2
Exo 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Exo 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Snippets
Shechem is a name used several times in the Bible, and Shechem means shoulder.
- Shechem is a city in the land of Canaan, of the tribe of Ephraim. After returning from Padanaram, Jacob settled near Shechem in the land he purchased from Hamor's children. Jacob erected an altar there, and he named it Elelohe-Israel, which means Israel's Mighty God.
- Shechem is the son of Hamor. He lived in the city of Shechem, and he raped Dinah, Jacob's daughter. Simeon and Levi got their revenge by tricking Shechem and all the males of his town to get circumcised to show loyalty to the Israelites. While recovering from the surgery, Simeon and Levi surfaced and killed all the town's men.
- Shechem is where Jacob buried the strange gods, strange earrings, and peculiar clothing of the people.
- Shechem is the son of Gilead and descendant of Manasseh.