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(מצּב ×לון, 'eÌ„loÌ„n muccaÌ„bh; Codex Vaticanus reads Ï€Ïὸς τῇ βαλαÌνῳ τῇ εὑÏετῇ τῆς σταÌσεως τῆς ἐν ΣικιÌμοις, proÌs teÌ„Ì balaÌnoÌ„ teÌ„Ì heureteÌ„Ì teÌ„Ìs staÌseos teÌ„Ìs en SikıÌmois; Codex Alexandrinus omits τῆ εὑÏετῇ, te heureteÌ, and the second τῆς, teÌ„Ìs): With the Revised Version margin we must read “terebinth of the pillar,†the place where the men of Shechem and Beth-millo made Abimelech king (). This was one of the sacred trees of which there seem to have been several near Shechem. See MEONENIM, OAK OF. “The pillar†may possibly have been the great stone which Joshua set up “under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh†().