1 Kings 9:17

Myles Coverdale Bible

So Salomon buylded Gaser, & the lower Bethoron,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Hebrew Names Version
Shlomo built Gezer, and Beit-Horon the lower,

King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

English Standard Version
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-horon

New Century Version
So Solomon rebuilt it.) He also built the cities of Lower Beth Horon

New English Translation
Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

Amplified Bible
So Solomon rebuilt [and fortified] Gezer and Lower Beth-horon,

New American Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon,

Geneva Bible (1587)
(Therefore Salomon builte Gezer and Beth-horon the nether,

Legacy Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

Contemporary English Version
So Solomon had the town rebuilt. Solomon had his workers rebuild Lower Beth-Horon,

Complete Jewish Bible
So Shlomo rebuilt Gezer; he also built Lower Beit-Horon,

Darby Translation
—And Solomon built Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,

Easy-to-Read Version
Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the city of Lower Beth Horon.

George Lamsa Translation
And Solomon built Gezer and Beth-hauran the lower

Good News Translation
and Solomon rebuilt it.) Using his forced labor, Solomon also rebuilt Lower Beth Horon,

Lexham English Bible
Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-Horon,

Literal Translation
and Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower,

American Standard Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

Bible in Basic English
Three dots are used where it is no longer possible to be certain of the true sense of the Hebrew words, and for this reason no attempt has been made to put them into Basic English. and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Solomon buylt Gazer & Bethhoron the neather,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

King James Version (1611)
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

English Revised Version
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,

Berean Standard Bible
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Salomon bildide Gazer, and the lower Bethoron,

Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon buildeth Gezer, and Beth-Horon the lower,

Update Bible Version
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

World English Bible
Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower,

New King James Version
And Solomon built Gezer, Lower Beth Horon,

New Living Translation
So Solomon rebuilt the city of Gezer.) He also built up the towns of Lower Beth-horon,

New Life Bible
So Solomon built Gezer again, and the lower part of Beth-horon,

New Revised Standard
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer), Lower Beth-horon,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon, the nether,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Solomon built Gazer, and Bethhoron the nether,

Revised Standard Version
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-hor'on

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And the same is the summe of the taxe, that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE, and his awne house, & Millo, and the walles of Ierusalem, and Hasor, and Megiddo, and Gaser. ¹⁶ For Pharao ye kynge of Egipte came vp, and wane Gaser, & brent it with fyre, & slewe the Cananites yt dwelt in the cite, & gaue it for a gifte vnto his doughter Salomos wife. ¹⁷ So Salomon buylded Gaser, & the lower Bethoron, ¹⁸ and Baelath and Thamar, in ye wyldernes, in the londe, ¹⁹ & all the cities of the corne houses that Salomon had, and all the cities of the charettes, & all the cities of the horsmen, and what it pleased him to buylde at Ierusalem, in Libanus, & in euery countre of his domynion. ²⁰ And all the remnaunt of the people of the Amorytes, Hethites, Pheresites, Heuites and Iebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, ²¹ their children which they lefte behynde them in the londe (whom the children of Israel coulde not vtterly destroye) those dyd Salomon make tributaries vnto this daye. ²² But of the children of Israel he made no bondmen, but let them be men of warre, and his seruauntes, and prynces, and knightes, and ouer his charettes and horsme. ²³ And the officers which were ouer Salomons busynesse, were fyue hundreth and fyftye, which ruled the people, and perfourmed the worke. ²⁴ And Pharaos doughter wente vp from the cite of Dauid, in to hir house which he had buylded for her. Then buylded he Millo likewyse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bethhoron: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 19:44, Joshua 21:22, 2 Chronicles 8:4-6, 2 Chronicles 8:7-18

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:33 - Gezer 1 Kings 9:15 - Gezer 1 Kings 12:25 - built 1 Chronicles 7:24 - Bethhoron 2 Chronicles 25:13 - Bethhoron

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Solomon built Gezer,.... Rebuilt it, it having been burnt, at least great part of it, by Pharaoh when he took it:

and Bethhoron the nether; and the upper also, 2 Chronicles 8:5, which belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and were on the borders of it, between that and Benjamin, Joshua 16:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-horon the nether - See the marginal reference note.