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Tower of Shechem

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Lifetime: … – c. 107 BC

Shechem: The city at Tell Balata was destroyed by John Hyrcanus and never rebuilt; Flavia Neapolis was founded 2 km to the west in AD 72.

Verses (3)

Judg 9:46
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Judg 9:47
And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judg 9:49
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

King James Version