Dict: easton - Sychar

easton:

Sychar @ liar or drunkard (see kjv@Isaiah:28:1 kjv@Isaiah:28:7), has been from the time of the Crusaders usually identified with Sychem or Shechem kjv@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.