Gezer in Biblical History

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What is Gezer?
GE'ZER
(steep place), called also GAZER, GAZA'RA, GAZE'RA, and GAD, a royal city of Canaan, and one of the oldest cities of the land.Josh 10:33; Josh 12:12. Gezer was in Benjamin; given to Kohath, Josh 21:21; 1 Chr 6:67; noticed in the wars of David, 1 Sam 27:8; 2 Sam 5:25; 1 Chr 20:4; burned by Pharaoh in Solomon's days, 1 Kgs 9:15-17; given to Solomon's Egyptian wife, and rebuilt by him; was an important city in the time of the Maccabees. M. Ganneau, from a hint given by an old Arab chronicler, has identified Gezer with Tell el-Jezer, 4 miles from Nicopolis. Numerous ruins were found, indicating a city of importance, and inscriptions in Greek and square Hebrew characters giving the name and noting the boundaries of the Levitical city -- a discovery of great importance, being the only one of its kind as yet brought to light.

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