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Gezer

Judean lowland (Shephelah) · Old Testament · 12 verses

Gezer was a fortified city on the edge of the coastal lowland guarding a route inland. It stood near the border of the Philistine plain. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings and 1 more in the King James text.

About Gezer

Gezer was a fortified city on the edge of the coastal lowland guarding a route inland. It stood near the border of the Philistine plain.

Its place in the story

Gezer appears among the cities faced in the conquest, and it was long a Canaanite holding. It was given to Solomon and rebuilt by him, one of the cities he fortified.

Gezer in Scripture (KJV)

“Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.”
Joshua 10:33 (KJV)
“The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;”
Joshua 12:12 (KJV)
“And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.”
Joshua 16:3 (KJV)
“And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.”
Joshua 16:10 (KJV)
“For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,”
Joshua 21:21 (KJV)
“Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.”
Judges 1:29 (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 9:15 (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 9:16 (KJV)

Gezer is named 12 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Gezer, among the cities Solomon built up, belongs to the kingdom story that Scripture traces toward Christ the Son of David.

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Where is Gezer in the Bible?

Gezer was a fortified city on the edge of the coastal lowland guarding a route inland. It stood near the border of the Philistine plain. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings and 1 more in the King James text.

What happened at Gezer?

Gezer appears among the cities faced in the conquest, and it was long a Canaanite holding. It was given to Solomon and rebuilt by him, one of the cities he fortified.

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