Jos 11:2 | KD | STEP | Jabin also allied himself with the kings of the north “ upon the mountains ,” i.e., the mountains of Naphtali ( ), and “ in the Arabah to the south of Chinnereth ” ( ), i.e., in the Ghor to the south of the sea of Galilee, and “ in the lowland ,” i.e., the northern portion of it, as far down as Joppa, and “ upon the heights of Dor .” The town of Dor , which was built by Phoenicians, who settled there on account of the abundance of the purple mussels ( Steph. Byz. s. v. Δῶρος), was allotted to the Manassites in the territory of Asher ( ; cf. ), and taken possession of by the children of Joseph ( ). It was situated on the Mediterranean Sea, below the promontory of Carmel, nine Roman miles north of Caesarea, and is at the present time a hamlet called Tantura or Tortura , with very considerable ruins ( Wilson , The Holy Land, ii. 249, and V. de Velde , Journey, i. p. 251). The old town was a little more than a mile to the north, on a small range of hills, which is covered with ruins ( Ritter , Erdk. xvi. pp. 608-9; V. de Velde , Mem. p. 307), and on the north of which there are rocky ranges, with many grottos, and houses cut in the rock itself ( Buckingham , Syria, i. pp. 101-2). These are “the heights of Dor,” or “the high range of Dor” ( ; 1Ki 4:11).

‏ Joshua 11:2

Jabin also allied himself with the kings of the north “upon the mountains,” i.e., the mountains of Naphtali (Jos 20:7), and “in the Arabah to the south of Chinnereth” (Jos 19:35), i.e., in the Ghor to the south of the sea of Galilee, and “in the lowland,” i.e., the northern portion of it, as far down as Joppa, and “upon the heights of Dor.” The town of Dor, which was built by Phoenicians, who settled there on account of the abundance of the purple mussels (Steph. Byz. s. v. Δῶρος), was allotted to the Manassites in the territory of Asher (Jos 17:11; cf. Jos 19:26), and taken possession of by the children of Joseph (1Ch 7:29). It was situated on the Mediterranean Sea, below the promontory of Carmel, nine Roman miles north of Caesarea, and is at the present time a hamlet called Tantura or Tortura, with very considerable ruins (Wilson, The Holy Land, ii. 249, and V. de Velde, Journey, i. p. 251). The old town was a little more than a mile to the north, on a small range of hills, which is covered with ruins (Ritter, Erdk. xvi. pp. 608-9; V. de Velde, Mem. p. 307), and on the north of which there are rocky ranges, with many grottos, and houses cut in the rock itself (Buckingham, Syria, i. pp. 101-2). These are “the heights of Dor,” or “the high range of Dor” (Jos 12:23; 1Ki 4:11).