History of Dor. 55 



(11) vlov 'A^iva8ay8 iracra ^€<f>a^<i)p^ Tac^ara Ovydrrjp SaAw/xwv -^v avrw 

 CIS ywaiKa (BKE$ add cIs). 



Whether D"l^*5N'f5 ^^^ ^^^ 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 were later accident- 

 ally dropped, is uncertain. In the Greek, vlov should become vl6^. 

 The CIS which appears at the end in many good manuscripts m^y 

 point to an original "IflN as in Josh. 12:9ff. 



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

 a period 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 

 was 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) : 



Kttt iirecrev 6 cfi6^o<s kol 6 Tpojxo^ avrov ctti Tov<i KarotKOvvras rrjv TrapaXiav, 

 Tovs ovra? iv ^lSwvl kol iv Tvpto, kol tov? KaToiKovvTa<; Soiip /cat 'OKCtm, kol 

 Travra? tovs KaroLKOvvras 'Ic/tvoav, kol ot KarotKovvrcs iv 'A^torw kol 'AcrKa- 

 \o}VL l^o^rjdrja-av avrov (r<f>6hpa. 



(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 

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

 ^SoStadein S.B.O.T. 



