KJV King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
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1 Kings 9:17
And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
WEB World English Bible
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,
ASV American Standard Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Solomon buildeth Gezer, and Beth-Horon the lower,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 9
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
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 Bethhoron the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
20 [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,
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Joshua 16:3And 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 21:22And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.Joshua 19:44And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,Joshua 10:10And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.2 Chronicles 8:4-18And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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