³³ Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer^(A) had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.

²⁹ Nor did Ephraim^(A) drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer,^(B) but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.^(C)

¹⁰ 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.^(A)

War With the Philistines^(A)

⁴ In the course of time, war broke out with the Philistines, at Gezer.^(B) At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaites,^(C) and the Philistines were subjugated.

¹⁵ Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted^(A) to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces,^[a](B) the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor,^(C) Megiddo and Gezer.^{(D) 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,^(E) Solomon’s wife. ¹⁷ And Solomon rebuilt Gezer.) He built up Lower Beth Horon,^(F)