⁵ He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon^(A) and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,

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.

²⁸ Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer^(A) and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.

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)

⁶ “‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.^(A) This will be your boundary on the west.^(B)