Tower of Shechem
Structure · today Tell Balatah
Location well established About 50 km (30 miles) north of Jerusalem
Named in 3 Verses
- Judges 9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
- Judges 9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
- Judges 9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
