Gazer
גֶּזֶר/GAY-zer/
“A portion or cut off”
Summary
An alternate form of Gezer, a Canaanite city where David pursued the Philistines after victory in battle.
☩Biblical Reference
Gazer is mentioned as the point to which David pursued the Philistines after defeating them in battle. This is the same city elsewhere called Gezer, an important Canaanite stronghold that later became a Levitical city. The variation in spelling reflects different Hebrew forms of the name.
Key verses:2 Samuel 5:251 Chronicles 14:16
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Gazer," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. III (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Gazer," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Gazer," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).