Judges 1:29

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer - a town and petty kingdom (Joshua 12:12) situated in the southern border of Ephraim, westward (1 Chronicles 7:28) between the lower Beth-heron and the Mediterranean (Joshua 16:3).

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1 Kings 9:16 ; Joshua 16:10
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In Gezer — Which they possessed 'till Solomon's time, 1 Kings 9:16 .

²⁹ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

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Judges 1:29