¹⁰ However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.^(A) So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,^(B) but they are forced labourers.

²⁹ At that time Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among them in Gezer.^(A)

¹⁶ Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He then burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.^{(A) 17} Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,^(B)