History of Dor. 55 



(11) vlov A/3Lvaoa/3 iraaa Net^aoowp, Tae^ara OvyaTrjp SaAw/Awi' rjv aurcJ 

 CIS yvi'OLKa (BKE<1> add d?). 



• WhetluT DTJ'DX'I^ <iiid tlie other names in this list compounded 

 with Ben are surnames like Ben-Hadad' in 1 Kings 20, or whether 

 the proper names originally preceded Ben and M^ere later accident- 

 ally dropped, is uncertain. In the Greek, vlov should become vtos. 

 The els which appears at the end in many good manuscripts may 

 point to an original IIIX as in Josh. 12: Off. 



The mention of sons-in-law of Solomon in this section points to 

 a jjeriod somewhat advanced in his reign. However, considering 

 the evident fact that the whole tendency of 1 Kings 3-11 is to 

 magnify Solomon and his reign, we may well doubt the historicity 

 of these reputed divisions of his kingdom. Again, as has already 

 been said, it can hardly be put down as certain that Solomon's 

 realm really included the remote district of Dor, located as it is in 

 debatable territory lying between Philistia and Phoenicia. It is, 

 however, true that Biblical tradition is consistent in ascribing to 

 Solomon a greater extent of territory than was held by any other 

 Hebrew ruler. If ever the "height of Dor" belonged to Israel, it 

 Avas at that time. The passage does not seem to be from the oldest 

 strand of the narrative of the Books of Kings; very likely it was 

 from some other historical work editorially included in the book". 



JUDITH 2:28. 

 In the book of Judith, following the account of Holofernes' 

 punitive ravages in the plain of Damascus, the terror inspired by 

 him in the coast cities is described as follows (Judith 2:28 (18), 

 A Text) : 



KUL eireaev 6 cfi6/3o<i Kat 6 rpoixo^ avTov ctti tou? KaroiKorvras rrjv TrapaXiaVf 

 TOhS oi'Tas €v Stoioi't Kat iv Tvpw, kol tovs KaroiKovvTai Soup Kal 'OKCtm. kol 

 TTavras toi'S KaTOiKOvvTa<; le/xvaai', kul o'l KaTOLKOvi'T€<; iv A^ojtw ku'l Actkci- 

 X(i)vc icf)o/3i]67](Tav avTov a(f>68pa. 



(28) "And the fear and dread of him fell upon them that dwelt 

 on the sea coast, upon them that were in Sidon and in Tyre, and 



' Gray (Prop. Names, pp. 73 f.) explains the form of these names on the 

 theorj^ that, like Ben-Hadad, some or all of these officers were foreigners. 

 '^SoStade in S.B.O.T. 



