Shechem

ANCIENT NAMES

  • שְׁכֶם Shechem Biblical Hebrew
  • Συχέμ Sychem Greek

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Valley of Succoth VALLEY OF SUCCOTH Shiloh Shiloh Hebron Hebron Gezer Gezer Galilee GALILEE En-tappuah En-tappuah Canaan CANAAN Bethel Bethel Ayyah Ayyah Arumah Arumah Egypt EGYPT Shechem Shechem +1 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city site known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH GEZER · ARUMAH · BETH-MILLO · BETHEL 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Aerial panorama of Tell Balatah.

Aerial panorama of Tell Balatah.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Shiloh ABOUT 11 MI (18 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Gezer ABOUT 32 MI (52 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Hebron ABOUT 49 MI (78 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 30 MI (49 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

32 PASSAGES · 10 BOOKS

COORDINATES 32.2136, 35.2819

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ON WIKIDATA · Q7951237