complete verse (1 Kings 9:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 9:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Gezer is the city/town that Pharaoh who was the king of Egypt had captured. He killed the Canaanites who were there and he set the fire to the city. Pharaoh gave that city to Solomon after he had married his daughter.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “(Pharaoh, The King of Egypt had assaulted Gezer and conquered it. He killed the people who were living there and burned the city. Then he gave that city as dowry to his daughter whom Solomon married.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(This Gezer was-attacked and was-taken-by-force by Faraon the king of Egipto. He burnt it and had-killed the residents of-it who are the Canaanhon. He gave this town to his female child as a gift of her wedding to Solomon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned the houses in the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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