Gezer
9 references
- Also called GAZER, GAZARA, GAZERA, and GOB
- A Canaanitish royal city
- King of, defeats Joshua Josh. 10:33; 12:12
- Canaanites not all expelled from, but made to pay tribute (taxes) Josh. 16:10; Judg. 1:29
- Allotted to the half-tribe of Ephraim Josh. 16:3,10; 1 Chr. 7:28
- Assigned to Levites Josh. 21:21
- Battle with Philistines at 1 Chr. 20:4; 2 Sam. 21:18
- Struck by David 1 Sam. 27:8
- Fortified by Solomon 1 Kgs. 9:15-17; 12:23
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.