Shechem

Shechem ( shə-KEM; Biblical Hebrew: שְׁכֶם, romanized: Šəḵem, Biblical pronunciation: [ʃəˈxɛm]; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠬࠥࠊࠝࠌ, romanized: Šăkēm), also spelled Sichem ( sik-KEM; in the Septuagint, Koine Greek: Συχέμ, romanized: Sykhém) and other variants, was an ancient city in the Southern Levant. Mentioned as a Canaanite city in the Amarna letters, it later appears in the Hebrew Bible as the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) following the split of the United Monarchy. According to Joshua 21:20–21, it was located in the tribal territorial allotment of the tribe of Ephraim.

Extends: Shechem, [Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC), [Populated places disestablished in the 1st century](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Populated places disestablished in the 1st century), [60s disestablishments in the Roman Empire](https://wikipedia.org.ai/60s disestablishments in the Roman Empire), [Archaeological sites in the West Bank](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Archaeological sites in the West Bank)

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