Toponym Gezer in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: dividing, sentence. Related names are: Solomon, Ephraim, Shechem . The translations of Gezer in 22 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. (JOS 10:33)
The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; (JOS 12:12)
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. (JOS 16:3)
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. (JOS 16:10)
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, (JOS 21:21)
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (JDG 1:29)
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (JDG 1:29)
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. (1KI 9:15)
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. (1KI 9:16)
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, (1KI 9:17)
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, (1CH 6:67)
And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: (1CH 7:28)
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. (1CH 20:4)