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Green's Literal Translation

1 Kings 9:17

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Beth-Horon;   Elijah;   Gezer;   Solomon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Beth-Horon;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Megiddo;   Palestine;   Solomon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gezer;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beth-Horon;   Cavalry;   Chariots;   Economic Life;   Gezer;   Solomon;   Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Beth-Horon;   Fortification and Siegecraft;   Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethhoron ;   Gezer, Gezrites ;   Hiram ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gezer;   Millo;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ge'zer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Horon;   Gezer;   Jerusalem;   Solomon's Servants;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Beth-horon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - 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
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,
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 And this is the reason of the labor force that King Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 (Pharaoh the king of Egypt had gone up and had captured Gezer, and had burned it with fire. And he killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, the wife of Solomon.) 17 and Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower, 18 and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land; 19 and all the store cities which Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 All the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites who were not of the sons of Israel, 21 their sons left behind them in the land, whom the sons of Israel had not been able to exterminate, Solomon even caused to go on them a burden of forced labor to this day. 22 But Solomon did not give as a slave out of the sons of Israel, for they were the men of war, and his servants, and his rulers, and his commanders, and the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen. 23 These were the commanders of the officers who were over the work of Solomon: five hundred and fifty, those ruling among the people who were working in the work. 24 But the daughter of Pharaoh went up out of the city of David to her house that he built for her; then he built 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.


 
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