The two identifiable cities from the El Amarna letter that speak of Lab'aya
are Megiddo,
located about 30 miles north of Shechem and Jerusalem, located about 30 miles
south. How
could Lab'aya relinquish the land of Shechem if he was not in fact its vassal
king? No, we
can go with Tooms and everybody else that Lab'aya was indeed at home in
Shechem.