Joshua 10:33

“Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, etc.] Perhaps the rather induced to it, because it had no king to defend it. In Jerom’s f203 time it was a village called Gazera, four miles from Nicopolis, or Emmaus, to the north: if this king came before the city was taken, he was not able to raise the siege; and if he came after, and so too late, he fell into the hands of Joshua: and Joshua smote him, and his people, until he had left him none remaining; destroyed him and all his army, so that there were none left to return and relate their unhappy case.”

“Gezer lies on the southern border of the tribe of Ephraim Joshua 16:3. It was considerably to the northward of Joshua’s present line of operations, and does not appear to have been captured at this time. He contented himself for the present with repulsing the attack made upon him, killed Horam (compare Joshua 12:12), inflicting a severe defeat upon his people, and then continued to pursue his conquests over the confederated kings and their allies in south Canaan. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Gezer: Gezer was situated on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh, between Beth-horon and the sea; and is evidently the village of Gazara mentioned by Eusebius, four miles (north) from Nicopolis or Emmaus. Jos 12:12, Jos 16:3, Jos 16:10, Jos 21:21; Jdg 1:29; Kg1 9:16, Kg1 9:17; Ch1 6:67, Ch1 20:4 Joshua 10:34”