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Sychar is a town in the Bible, about 49 km (30 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, John 4:5.
Liar or drunkard (see Isa. 28:1, 7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem (John 4:5). It has now, however, as the result of recent explorations, been identified with ‘Askar, a small Samaritan town on the southern base of Ebal, about a mile to the north of Jacob’s well.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Sychar is a town about 49 km (30 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Sychar in 1 verse, in 1 book.
The verses that name Sychar also name Jacob and Joseph.