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Shechem
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Shechem
Shechem
, also spelled
Sichem
(;
Hebrew
: שְׁכֶם / שְׁכָם,
Standard
Tiberian
, "shoulder"), was a
Canaanite
city mentioned in the
Amarna letters
, and is mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible
as an
Israelite
city of the tribe of Manasseh and the first capital of the
Kingdom of Israel
. Traditionally associated with
Nablus
, it is now identified with the nearby site of
Tell Balata
in
Balata al-Balad
in the
West Bank
.
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