troops. gangs.
by consent. towards Sichem, as in Genesis 37:14.
Sichem (like "Gilead", Hosea 6:8) was. city of priests (Joshua 21:21).
commit lewdness: i.e. practice idolatry. Jeroboam built Shechem (now Nablous), and doubtless set up his calf-worship there (1 Kings 12:25).
lewdness. Reference to Pentateuch (Hebrew. zimmah, is. Levitical word, found in Leviticus 18:17; Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 20:14). App-92.