1 Kings 9:17

Bishop's Bible

And Solomon buylt Gazer & Bethhoron the neather,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo built Gezer, and Beit-Horon the lower,

King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

English Standard Version
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-horon

New Century Version
So Solomon rebuilt it.) He also built the cities of Lower Beth Horon

New English Translation
Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

Amplified Bible
So Solomon rebuilt [and fortified] Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,

New American Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon,

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Therefore Salomon builte Gezer and Beth-horon the nether,

Legacy Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

Contemporary English Version
So Solomon had the town rebuilt. Solomon had his workers rebuild Lower Beth-Horon,

Complete Jewish Bible
So Shlomo rebuilt Gezer; he also built Lower Beit-Horon,

Darby Translation
—And Solomon built Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,

Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the city of Lower Beth Horon.

George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon built Gezer and Beth-hauran the lower

Good News Translation
and Solomon rebuilt it.) Using his forced labor, Solomon also rebuilt Lower Beth Horon,

Lexham English Bible
Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-Horon,

Literal Translation
and Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Salomon buylded Gaser, & the lower Bethoron,

American Standard Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

Bible in Basic English
Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

King James Version (1611)
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

English Revised Version
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Salomon bildide Gazer, and the lower Bethoron,

Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon buildeth Gezer, and Beth-Horon the lower,

Update Bible Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

World English Bible
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower,

New King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, Lower Beth Horon,

New Living Translation
So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon,

New Life Bible
So Solomon built Gezer again, and the lower part of Beth-horon,

New Revised Standard
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer), Lower Beth-horon,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon, the nether,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Solomon built Gazer, and Bethhoron the nether,

Revised Standard Version
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-hor'on

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ (And this is the summe whiche king Solomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde, and his owne house, and Millo, and the wall of Hierusalem, and Hazor, and Megeddo, and Gazer. ¹⁶ For Pharao king of Egypt went vp, and toke Gazer and burnt it with fire, and slue the Chanaanites that dwelt in the citie, and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter, Solomons wyfe. ¹⁷ And Solomon buylt Gazer & Bethhoron the neather, ¹⁸ And Baalath and Thamar in the wildernesse in the lande: ¹⁹ And all the treasure cities that Solomon had, and cities for his charettes, and cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired, and woulde buyld in Hierusalem, in Libanon, and in all the lande of his dominion) ²⁰ And al the people that were left of the Amorites, Hethites, Pherezites, Heuites and Iebusites, whiche were not of the children of Israel, ²¹ Their children that were left after them in the lande, whom the children of Israel also were not able to destroy: those dyd Solomon compell to bring tribute, vnto this day. ²² But of the children of Israel dyd Solomon make no bondmen: But they were men of warre, his ministers, his lordes, his captaynes, and rulers of his charettes, and his horsemen. ²³ And these were the lordes that were set ouer Solomons worke [euen] fiue hundred were they and fiftie, and they ruled the people that wrought ye worke. ²⁴ And Pharaos daughter came vp out of the citie of Dauid, vnto her house which Solomon had buylt for her: and then dyd he also buylde Millo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethhoron: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 19:44, Joshua 21:22, 2 Chronicles 8:4-6, 2 Chronicles 8:7-18

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:33 - Gezer 1 Kings 9:15 - Gezer 1 Kings 12:25 - built 1 Chronicles 7:24 - Bethhoron 2 Chronicles 25:13 - Bethhoron

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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