⁶⁷ Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim),^[a] Gezer,

²¹ Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,

¹⁶ (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon.

⁷ The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.

⁴ So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.

¹⁸ Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.