# Shechem

## Facts

Shechem is a town in Canaan located about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. Shechem is also the name of a man in the Old Testament.

* Shechem is where Jacob settled after being reconciled to his brother Esau.
* Jacob bought land from the sons of Hamor in Shechem, which later became his family burial ground and where Jacob's sons buried him