Shechem: Gen 33:18, Gen 34:2; Jos 24:32; Jdg 9:1; 1Ki 12:1, 1Ki 12:25
Shiloh: Jer 7:12, Jer 7:14; Jos 18:1
Samaria: 1Ki 16:24, 1Ki 16:29
their beards: All these were signs of deep mourning; which, though forbidden on funeral occasions, were customary, and perhaps counted allowable, on seasons of public calamity, and this mourning was probably on account of the destruction of Jerusalem. Lev 19:27-28; Deu 14:1; 2Sa 10:4; Isa 15:2