Gezer: A precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city
(Joshua 10:33; 12:12) It was
allotted with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites
(Joshua 21:21)
(1 Chronicles 6:67) It stood between the lower Beth-horon and the sea
(Joshua 16:3; 1 Kings 9:17) It was the last point to which David pursued
the Philistines
(2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 14:16) after the battle of
Baal-perazim. The Canaanites retained possession of it till the time
of Solomon, when the king of Egypt took it and gave it to Solomon as a
part of the dowry of the Egyptian princess whom he married
(1 Kings 9:15-17) It is identified with Tell el-Jezer, about 10 miles
south-west of Beth-horon. It is mentioned in the Amarna tablets.
