Gezer
Gezer appears in 14 verses of the Bible, from Joshua to 1 Chronicles.
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- Near Tel Gezer, 31 km west of Jerusalem
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Key passages
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During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua’s men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.
Joshua 10:33 · Read the chapter -
The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.
Judges 1:29 · Read the chapter -
So David did what the Lord commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
2 Samuel 5:25 · Read the chapter -
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Kings 9:15 · Read the chapter -
Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer,
1 Chronicles 6:67 · Read the chapter
Every verse (14)
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