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DOR IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA* 



JOSHUA 11:2. 

 The first Biblical reference' to Dor is in Joshua 11 : 2, in connec- 

 tion with the conquest of Canaan by Joshua. In chapter 10 the 

 subjugation of the southern portion of the land has been described. 

 Chapter 11 continues the story by narrating the events connected 

 with Joshua's conquest of the kings in the northern half of Canaan. 

 According to this account Jabin, King of Hazor"^, forms a coalition 

 of these northern kings to oppose Joshua. He sends to Jobab, 

 King of Madon, and to the Kings of Shimron and Achshaph (Josh. 

 11 : 1) ; he also sends (Josh. 11:2): 



T • : - -: • vv T T*^: x t t I : • v -: • t : - v : 



'):ii) ^nnni n'oNni d^oi mrD^: ^jr^sn (3a) 



• • - : • v: t: t- t:-- •^:-:- 



*'And to the kings who were on the north, in the hill-country, and 

 in the Arabah over against' Chinneroth, and in the Shephelah and in 

 the heights of Dor on the west, to the Canaanites on the east and on 

 the west, and the Amorites, and the Hittites, etc." The Greek (B) 

 reads : (2) koI tt/oos tovs fiaatXih tovs Kara SiSwva rrjv fJicyaLXrjv, eis ttjv 

 opuvqv Kttt CIS T-qv PaySo, aTreVavrt Kevepw^, Kat cis to ircStW koX cts <^ci/ac88(o/3, 

 (3) Kttt €.l<i T0V<5 irapaXiovi ^'^Xavavatovs ctTro avaToXQiv, Kat ct? TOv<i irapaXiov<i 

 * kjxoppaLov<: koX 'Evaiov?, ktX. Variant : For ^cmeSSwp, A* gives Na^cScop, 

 A'F offer Na<^e^8(op. The form ^evaeSSwp has clearly arisen from the 

 simple transposition of the syllables va and <^c in l>ia<f>€6S(op. The 

 second e in <^evac88a)p may represent a misreading of the uncial letter 

 ^ as c; the doubling of the 8 may be a correction from cfyevveSSwp of 

 Josh. 12:23. Apparently this Greek form is based, not on n1£3J 

 as in the text here, but on r)£3^ as in the other passages*. 



For f1£3VD in the Hebrew of verse 2 we should probably read 

 p£3VP ' since there is no occasion for the use of the status con- 



' That is, first in order of book and chapter, not in order of composition. 



'■'Cf. Judges 4: 2, 17. 



3 See below for change to "7J| j . 



^ The large number of variants in the writing of this name illustrates 

 how proper names change in transmission from one language to another. 



