For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
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Gill's Exposition
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, Ch2 8:5, which belonged to the…
Adam Clarke
Pharaoh - had gone up, and taken Gezer - This city Joshua had taken from the Canaanites, Jos 10:33; Jos 12:12, and it was divided by lot to the tribe of Ephraim, and was intended to be one of the…
We have here a further account of Solomon's greatness.
I. His buildings. He raised a great levy both of men and money, because he projected a great deal of building, which would both employ many hands…
Cambridge Bible
For Pharaoh king of Egypt See above on 1Ki 3:1.
and taken Gezer This incursion was probably before Solomon had taken the king's daughter to wife, though Josephus (Ant.viii. 6, i) says -he gave it to…