Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City o
As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built
But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day,
And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this