Question: What did Pharaoh give his daughter as a dowry when she became Solomon's bride?
Answer: The ruined city of Gezer. (I Kings 9:16)
Comments: The Bible specifically notes that Pharaoh gave the burned city of Gezer as a dowry. The city was strategically situated on the International Coastal Highway.
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife. (I Kings 9:16, NASB)
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