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Gezer

American  
[gee-zer] / ˈgi zər /

noun

  1. an ancient Canaanite town, NW of Jerusalem.


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“We’re worried that the community is getting smaller. But we’re also worried that one day we will regret not leaving,” said Tamar Gezer, a local worshiper at the service.

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

At all events, the King of Israel allowed his army to march through Palestine as far as Gezer.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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