1 Kings 9:17
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.
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon 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.
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Compare
- BSB
- So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
- KJV
- And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
- WEB
- Solomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower,
- ASV
- And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
- DARBY
- And Solomon built Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,
- BLB
- And Solomon built Gezer, and Lower Beth-horon,
- ÅB
- men Salomo bygget Geser opp igjen, og likeså bygget han opp Nedre-Bet-Horon
- OTB
- Slik bygde Salomo opp igjen Geser, og Nedre Bet-Horon,
- B1930
- men Salomo bygget Geser op igjen, og likeså bygget han op Nedre-Bet-Horon
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 16:3
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.
Read in contextJoshua 21:22
And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
Read in contextJoshua 10:10
And 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 Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:4–18
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Read in contextJoshua 19:44
And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
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