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Gezer

Where Gezer sits on the map, and the 14 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Tel Gezer
Coordinates
31.8592, 34.9192
Mentions
14 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

14 verses, in biblical order.

Joshua

  • Joshua 10:33

    At that time, Horam, the king of Gezer, went up so that he might assist Lachish. And Joshua struck him with all his people, even unto utter annihilation.

  • Joshua 12:12

    the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

  • Joshua 16:3

    And it descends to the west, beside the border of Japhleti, as far as the borders of lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer. And the last parts of its regions are by the great sea.

  • Joshua 16:10

    And the sons of Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite that was living at Gezer. And the Canaanite lived in the midst of Ephraim, even to this day, paying tribute.

  • Joshua 21:21

    from the tribe of Ephraim, Shechem, one of the cities of refuge, with its suburbs, on mount Ephraim, and Gezer,

Judges

  • Judges 1:29

    And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.

2 Samuel

  • 2 Samuel 5:25

    And so, David did just as the Lord had instructed him. And he struck down the Philistines, from Gibeon until you arrive at Gezer.

1 Kings

  • 1 Kings 9:15

    This is the sum of the expenses that king Solomon offered for the building of the house of the Lord, and his own house, and for Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kings 9:16

    Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, ascended and seized Gezer, and he burned it with fire. And he put to death the Canaanite who was living in the city, and he gave it as a dowry for his daughter, the wife of Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 9:17

    Therefore, Solomon built up Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 6:67

    Then they gave to them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its suburbs on mount Ephraim, and Gezer with its suburbs,

  • 1 Chronicles 7:28

    Now their possessions and habitations were: Bethel with her daughters, and toward the east, Naaran, and toward the western region, Gezer and her daughters, as well as Shechem with her daughters, as far as Ayyah with her daughters;

  • 1 Chronicles 14:16

    Therefore, David did just as God had instructed him. And he struck down the army of the Philistines, from Gibeon as far as Gazera.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:4

    After these things, a war was begun at Gezer against the Philistines, in which Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai from the race of the Rephaim, and he humbled them.

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