-Also called GAZER, GAZARA, GAZERA, and GOB -A Canaanitish royal city -King
of, defeats Joshua Joshua 10:33; 12:12
-Canaanites not all expelled from, but made to pay tribute (taxes) Joshua 16:10; Judges
1:29
-Allotted to the half-tribe of Ephraim Joshua 16:3, 10; 1 Chronicles 7:28
-Assigned to Levites Joshua 21:21
-Battle with Philistines at 1 Chronicles 20:4; 2 Samuel 21:18
-Struck by David 1 Samuel 27:8
-Fortified by Solomon 1 Kings 9:15-17; 12:23
