History of Dor. 47 



into tlie narrative of the idea ot" divine command suggested by the 

 reference in verse 4 to Moses' injunctions. That this is actually- 

 meant to be a future form is proved by its repetition in verses 8, 

 9, 10, and by KaTafirjcreTaL in verse 9. — In verses 12, 13, li^^lln > 

 "to dispossess," is rendered iioXedpevaai, "to destroy utterly." (Cp. 

 iiaipcjv in Judg. 1:27 (B), rendered b}^ A there as iKXrjpovofxrjatv). 

 This use of i^oXeOpevcraL is another instance of free interpretation by 

 the translator, who Avas doubtless influenced in his rendering by 

 the record of the divine injunction to put these cities under the 

 ban (Cp. Josh. 8:2; 6:17, 21, 24). 



Included in the first chapter of Judges we have a parallel to the 

 account in Joshua 17: 11-13. According to this chapter the con- 

 quest of Canaan Avas not achieved by a single irresistible move- 

 ment of united Israel (as in the book of Joshua), but by a succes- 

 sion of attacks by single tribes or by coalitions consisting of several 

 tribes bound together by ancient ties or common interests. On 

 the whole the representation in Judges is more historical than that 

 in Joshua. After the narration of positive successes by Judah and 

 Simeon (1: 1-20) and by the " House of Joseph " (1:22-2(3), there 

 follows a series of notices describing the failure of particular tribes 

 to dispossess the native Canaanites. The first of these notices 

 (1:27,28) deals with the tribe of Manasseh, in Avhose allotted 

 territory was situated the town of Dor: 



T]:^n-n{s*i n'ru^n-nN"! jNtr-iT5"nN* nti^jp z*n)n n'^'i i^^) 



: riNTn ]nN*5 roi:f7 

 ^?'? j:^'nim d^^ *J:L^J3n-nN* Dirn ':'Nnb'» prfi-^D \-in (38) 



(27) "And Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its 

 dependencies, nor Taanach and its dependencies, nor the inhabitants 

 of Dor and its dependencies, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its 

 dependencies, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its dependencies; 

 but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that region. 



(28) And it came to pass, when Israel became strong enough, 

 that they placed the Canaanites in the Avorking gangs, but by no 

 means dispossessed them." 



