Joshua 21:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ They were given four cities: Shechem and its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, one of the cities of refuge, Gezer,

¹⁹ He bought the piece of land on which he pitched his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver.

¹⁰ They did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and have become forced laborers.

⁷ So, on the west side of the Jordan River they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.

¹ Gideon’s son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem. All his mother’s relatives lived there. He told them:

¹⁵ King Solomon used forced labor to build the Temple and the palace, to fill in land on the east side of the city, and to build the city wall. He also used it to rebuild the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. ¹⁶ The king of Egypt attacked Gezer and captured it. They killed its inhabitants and set fire to the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter when she married Solomon. ¹⁷ Solomon rebuilt it. Using his forced labor, Solomon also rebuilt Lower Beth Horon,

¹ Rehoboam went to Shechem. All the people of northern Israel gathered to make him king.

⁶⁷ In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,