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Sychar
Liar or drunkard (see Isa 28:1, Isa 28:7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John 4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations, been identified with ‘Askar, a small Samaritan town on the southern base of Ebal, about a mile to the north of Jacob’s well.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- John 4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
