| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Ki 9:17 | Strong Concordance | And Solomon [08010] built [01129] Gezer [01507], and Bethhoron [01032] the nether [08481], |
| King James | And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Beth-horon the nether--situated on the way from Joppa to Jerusalem and Gibeon; it required, from so public a road, to be strongly garrisoned. |