Shechem was mentioned in the texts of Ebla, which was discovered by the Italian archaeologist Paolo Matte in other Canaanite cities in Palestine, and it is in addition to Shechem, Beit Jibrin, Jericho, Ursalem (Yabus), Megiddo and Beit Shean. It was also mentioned in the letters of Tell el-Amarna (1400 BC) in the name of Shakmi, and it was also mentioned in the reports of Thutmose III.[1]