Person Old Testament
Shechem
Also known as Shechemite
Shechem, a son of Gilead and forefather of a Manassite clan. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Numbers 26:31.
Why it matters. Son of Gilead and Manassite clan
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shechem
Shechem was a son of Gilead and grandson of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. He was the ancestor of the Shechemite clan within the tribe of Manasseh (Num.26.31). When the land of Canaan was allotted to the Israelites, the Shechemites received their inheritance as part of the half-tribe of Manasseh that settled west of the Jordan (Jos.17.2). The Shechemites are mentioned again in the census list of Num.26.31.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Gilead
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.