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16 (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon. 17 So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon, 18 Baalath, and Tamar[a] in the wilderness within his land.

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  1. 9:18 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text reads Tadmor.

16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, taken Gezer, burned it with fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it for a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. 17 Solomon built in the land Gezer, Beth Horon the lower, 18 Baalath, Tamar in the wilderness,

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16 (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,(A) Solomon’s wife. 17 And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,(B) 18 Baalath,(C) and Tadmor[a] in the desert, within his land,

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  1. 1 Kings 9:18 The Hebrew may also be read Tamar.

16 (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, (A)had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.) 17 And Solomon built Gezer, Lower (B)Beth Horon, 18 (C)Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

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