¹ Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

³¹ And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

¹⁸ So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

² And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

⁶ And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,

³ And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

²⁰ Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.

² For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.

³ They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.

⁴ They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.

¹⁸ Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.