1 Kings 9:17

So Solomon built: Gazer, and Beth-horon the nether,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

In Context

16Pharao the king of Egypt came up and took Gazer, and burnt it with fire: and slew the Chanaanite that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.

18And Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.

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Cross References

Joshua 16:3And goeth down westward, by the border of Jephleti, unto the borders of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer :and the countries of it are ended by the great sea:

Joshua 21:22And Cibsaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities.

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 →

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