where is shechem
Shechem /ËÊÉkÉm/ , also spelled Sichem (/ËsÉªkÉm/ ; Hebrew: ×©Ö°××Ö¶× / ×©Ö°××Ö¸×, Å¡(É)á¸«em. Å Éá¸µem, shoulder), was a Canaanite city mentioned in the Amarna letters, and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an Israelite city of the tribe of Manasseh and the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel.hechem is also the location of Jacob's Well, where John 4:5â6 describes Jesus ' meeting with the woman of Samaria. Some of its inhabitants were of the number of the Samaritans who believed in Jesus when he tarried two days in the neighborhood.