1 Kings 9:17

Contemporary English Version

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

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

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,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon buylt Gazer & Bethhoron the neather,

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 After Solomon's workers had finished the temple and the palace, he ordered them to fill in the land on the east side of Jerusalem, to build a wall around the city, and to rebuild the towns of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. ¹⁶ Earlier, the king of Egypt had captured the town of Gezer; he burned it to the ground and killed the Canaanite people living there. Then he gave it to his daughter as a wedding present when she married Solomon. ¹⁷ So Solomon had the town rebuilt. Solomon had his workers rebuild Lower Beth-Horon, ¹⁸ Baalath, and Tamar in the desert of Judah. ¹⁹ They also built towns where he could keep his supplies and his chariots and horses. Solomon had them build whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and anywhere in his kingdom. ²⁰Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. They were his soldiers, officials, leaders, commanders, chariot captains, and chariot drivers. But he did make slaves of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites could not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves. ²³ Solomon appointed five hundred fifty officers to be in charge of his workers and to watch over his building projects. ²⁴ Solomon's wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the older part of Jerusalem to her new palace. Then Solomon had the land on the east side of Jerusalem filled in. ²⁵ Three times a year, Solomon burned incense and offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar he had built. Solomon had now finished building the Lord 's temple. ²⁶ He also had a lot of ships at Ezion-Geber, a town in Edom near Eloth on the Red Sea.

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.