1 Kings 9:17

17 And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron, the lower,

1 Kings 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 9:17

And Solomon built Gezer
Rebuilt it, it having been burnt, at least great part of it, by Pharaoh when he took it:

and Bethhoron the nether;
and the upper also, ( 2 Chronicles 8:5 ) , which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and were on the borders of it, between that and Benjamin, ( Joshua 16:3 Joshua 16:5 ) ( Joshua 18:13 Joshua 18:14 ) .

1 Kings 9:17 In-Context

15 And this is the account of the levy which King Solomon raised 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 gift unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

17 And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron, the lower,

18 and Baalath and Tadmor in the land of the wilderness,

19 likewise 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.