A Levitical town in the territory of Ephraim, assigned to the clan of Kohath; possibly to be identified with Gob. It was conquered by Joshua and the Israelites but later retaken by the Canaanites.
About Gezer
Gezer was an important ancient city in the northern Shephelah hills, between the coastal plain and the central highlands. This made Gezer a strategic place. Armies often passed through this area. Today, it is called Tell Jezer or Tell Abu Shusha.
In the third millennium BC, the city had a wall made of mud bricks. Later, builders replaced it with a stronger stone wall about 4 meters (13 feet) thick.
Key References
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
All Scripture References (16)
Joshua (5)
At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
Judges (1)
Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
2 Samuel (3)
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
1 Kings (3)
This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles (4)
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.