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