Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish: But Joshua smote him and his people, until he left him nought remaining.

The king of Eglon; The king of Gezer;

and goeth down westward, even unto the coasts of Japhleti, and unto the coasts of Bethhoron the nether, and so to Gezer, and the ends of their coasts came to the sea.

Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.

And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs;

In like manner Ephraim expelled not the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer, but the Cananites dwelt still in Gezer among them.

And David did as the LORD commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gibeah to Gezer.

And this is the sum of the tribute, which king Solomon raised to build the house of the LORD and his own house, and Mello and the walls of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and took Gezer and burnt it with fire, and slew the Cananites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter that was Solomon's wife.

And Solomon built Gezer and Bethhoron the nether;

In which tribe they gave unto them the cities of Refuge: Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs, and Gezer with her suburbs,

And their possession and habitation was Bethel and the towns that belonged thereto, and unto the east of Naaran, and on the west side of Gezer with the towns thereof, and Shechem with the towns of the same, and Ayyah with her towns,

And David did as God commanded him. And they smote the host of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

After that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines. At which time Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai that was of the children of Rephaim, and they were subdued.