1 Kings 9:17

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

Beth-horon the nether - situated on the way from Joppa to Jerusalem and Gibeon; it required, from so public a road, to be strongly garrisoned.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beth-horon the nether - See the marginal reference note.
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built . rebuilt and fortified.
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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon, the nether, toward the Philistine country,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

¹⁷ And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 9:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:17