Bible Location
Meaning: generation · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
Dor was an ancient coastal city south of Carmel and one of the southern Phoenician-linked settlements on the Mediterranean. It is important because it appears in conquest lists, in the struggle to control remaining Canaanite populations, and in Solomon's administrative system. First appears in Josh 12:23.1
Place meaning
generation
Coordinates
32.61, 34.92
First appears
Josh 12:23
AI summary: Dor matters because it sits at the meeting point of Canaanite, Phoenician, and Israelite coastal life. Joshua and Judges show that it was not easily absorbed, reflecting the complexity of coastal control in the land. Later it appears as part of Solomon's organized districts, which signals that its strategic value endured into the monarchy. The cross references present Dor as a coastal city where incomplete conquest gradually gave way to royal administration.1
Place meaning
generation
Latitude
32.61
Longitude
34.92
Bible references
4
Dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites (Josh. 11:1, 2; 12:23). It was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon’s commissariat districts (Judg. 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been identified with Tantura (so named from the supposed resemblance of its tower to a tantur, i.e., “a horn”). This tower fell in 1895, and nothing remains but debris and foundation walls, the remains of an old Crusading fortress. It is about 8 miles north of Caesarea, “a sad and sickly hamlet of wretched huts on a naked sea-beach.” 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.