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Gezer

American  
[gee-zer] / ˈgi zər /

noun

  1. an ancient Canaanite town, NW of Jerusalem.


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Many Christian families Gezer knew as a child have left the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

Ultimately, this new dataset provides an independent source of absolute dates that will allow researchers to better understand the events at Gezer and to place them in a regional perspective.

From Science Daily Nov. 16, 2023

For example, archaeology does not support the occurrence of Joshua’s conquest of Canaan after the Exodus, though at least some of King Solomon’s building projects have been discovered in sites like Gezer, Hazor, and Megiddo.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Deniz Gezer, internal medicine specialist at Mersin City Hospital, said one of the biggest problems for survival was the cold.

From Reuters Feb. 15, 2023

Then the Hill of Gezer, with ruins of the old city presented to Solomon by Pharaoh as a dowry for his daughter.

From A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel by Bayne, S. G.

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