When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech.

Gaal son of Ebed came through Shechem with his brothers. The leaders of Shechem transferred their loyalty to him.

Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them.” “I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph.