1 Kings 9:17

17 Therefore Solomon builded Gezer (And so Solomon rebuilt Gezer), and the lower Bethhoron,

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 This is the rent, which Solomon raised, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, (and the) Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 (For) Pharaoh, king of Egypt, (had) ascended, and took Gezer, and burnt it by fire; and he killed (the) Canaanites, that dwelled in the city, and gave it into (a) dower to his daughter, the wife of Solomon. (For Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had gone up, and took Gezer, and burned it down; and he killed the Canaanites, who lived in that city, and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.)

17 Therefore Solomon builded Gezer (And so Solomon rebuilt Gezer), and the lower Bethhoron,

18 and Baalath, and Tadmor in the land of (the) wilderness;

19 and he made strong all the towns, that pertained to him, and were without (a) wall, and the cities of chariots, and the cities of knights, and whatever thing (it) pleased him to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his power.