Dor

A well-situated natural seaport on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea south of Mt. Carmel. The king of Dor was one of a coalition of Canaanite kings defeated by Joshua (mid- or late thirteenth century BCE). The city was included in the territorial allotment of Manasseh (Josh 17:7-13; 1Chr 7:29), although the Joshua text notes that the Canaanites continued to occupy Dor. The city was under Israelite control by the tenth century (Solomon’s son-in-law Ben-abinadab was governor of the district of Dor, 1Kgs 4:11), but it became the center of an Assyrian administrative district in the eighth century (probably the “Way of the Sea” of Isa 9:1-2).