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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70129" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70129" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Gezer]] (''gç'zer'' ), ''steep place,'' called also '''Gazer,''' '''Gazara,''' '''Gazera,''' and '''Gad,''' a royal city of Canaan, and one of the oldest cities of the land. Joshua 10:33; Joshua 12:12. Gezer was in Ephraim; given to Kohath, Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:67; noticed in the wars of David, 1 Samuel 27:8; 2 Samuel 5:25; 1 Chronicles 20:4; burned by Pharaoh in Solomon's days, 1 Kings 9:15-17; given to Solomon's [[Egyptian]] wife, and rebuilt by him; was an important city in the time of the Maccabees. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51245" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51245" /> == |