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1 Kings 9:17

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So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

KJV

And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

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This verse in 1 Kings 9

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor

on 1 Kings 9:15-19

This is the reason of the levy names the building program plainly: the house of the Lord, Solomon's own house, Millo, Jerusalem's wall, and the fortress cities Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer, a list that puts the temple first and the frontier last. Gezer's history explains why it needed rebuilding: Pharaoh had burned it and given it as dowry with his daughter, so an Egyptian king's campaign becomes Solomon's construction project. The list closes with store cities, chariot cities, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and every part of his dominion, the same acquisitive reach the law of the king had already warned against.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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, 2Ch 8:5, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and were on the borders of it, between that and Benjamin, Jos 16:3.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

this is the reason of the levy--A levy refers both to men and money, and the necessity for Solomon making it arose from the many gigantic works he undertook to erect.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase

Beth-horon the nether - See the marginal reference note.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 16:3Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.4 worksJoshua 21:22Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.3 worksJoshua 19:44Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,2 works2 Chronicles 8:4–18He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.2 worksJoshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.2 works1 Chronicles 7:24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 25:13Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:10

    And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 16:5

      This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 16:3

      Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 18:14

      He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

    • Isaiah 28:21

      For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing…

    • Judges 4:15

      And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.

  • Through

    Joshua 16:3

    Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 18:13

      From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

    • 2 Chronicles 8:5

      He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

    • Joshua 10:33

      At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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