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Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.
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the king of Eglon one the king of Gezer one
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descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.
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They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.
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In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer,
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Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.
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So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.
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(Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire. He killed its Canaanite inhabitants and then gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
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And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,
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In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,
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Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
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So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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War With the Philistines
In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites, and the Philistines were subjugated.
