1 Kings 9:17
... and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
In Context
18And Baalath and Tamar in the waste land, in that land;
Cross References
Joshua 16:3And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.
Joshua 21:22And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 9:16-28
Solomon's Buildings; Solomon's Greatness. ( b. c. 991.) 15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord , and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, 18 And Baalath, and… Read the whole commentary →