1 Kings 12:1

Shechem.. national sanctuary (Joshua 24:1). Now Nablous, corruption of Neapolis, the (New town) of Vespasian. The site of Abraham's first altar. Jacob's first home. Here the tribes met. Here Joseph was buried. All this before Jebus became Jerusalem. Hence the envy of Ephraim for Judah (Isaiah 11:13). Degraded by new name, Sychar. drunkenness (Isaiah 28:1). Yet here alone in all the world is the Paschal lamb still slain.