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1 Kings 9:16

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For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:14

    And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

  2. 1 Kings 9:15

    And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  3. 1 Kings 9:17

    And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

  4. 1 Kings 9:18

    And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.