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Biblical Sites

Tel Gezer

Now an Israeli national park, Tel Gezer in the Hebrew Bible is associated with Hz. Yusha عليه اسلام and Hz. Sulaiman عليه اسلام

Gezer, Israel Occupied Palestine

Coordinates: 31.859000, 34.919000

Gezer, or Tel Gezer in Arabic Tell Jezer or Tell el-Jazari, the site of the abandoned Arab village of Abu Shusheh, is an archaeological site in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains at the border of the Shfela region roughly midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

In Tel Gezer are ruins of a major Canaanite and Israelite fortified city. It was one of the famous Biblical cities, conquered by Hz. Yusha عليه اسلام and fortified by Hz. Sulaiman عليه اسلام.

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