Bible Location
Meaning: dividing · 14 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gezer was an important Canaanite and later Israelite city in the western foothills between the hill country and the coast. It is important because it appears in conquest history, later royal building, and the shifting control of the borderland between Israel and its neighbours. First appears in Josh 10:33.1
Place meaning
dividing
Coordinates
31.86, 34.92
First appears
Josh 10:33
AI summary: Gezer matters because it sits in one of the most strategic corridors of the land. It appears in the conquest traditions, remains difficult to control fully, and later becomes tied to royal fortification and political exchange in the days of Solomon. Its location between the interior and the coast gave it ongoing military and economic value. The cross references present Gezer as a borderland stronghold whose significance lies in access, defense, and contested control.1
Place meaning
dividing
Latitude
31.86
Longitude
34.92
Bible references
14
A precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh. 10:33; 12:12). It was allotted with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites (21:21; 1 Chr. 6:67). It stood between the lower Beth-horon and the sea (Josh. 16:3; 1 Kings 9:17). It was the last point to which David pursued the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:25; 1 Chr. 14:16) after the battle of Baal-perazim. The Canaanites retained possession of it till the time of Solomon, when the king of Egypt took it and gave it to Solomon as a part of the dowry of the Egyptian princess whom he married (1 Kings 9:15-17). It is identified with Tell el-Jezer, about 10 miles south-west of Beth-horon. It is mentioned in the Amarna tablets. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.