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Dor
Dor (dwelling), Josh. 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, Josh. 12:23, whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua. Josh. 11:1, 2. It appears to have been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh. Josh. 17:11; Judges 1:27. Solomon stationed at Dor one of his twelve purveyors. 1 Kings 4:11. Jerome places it on the coast, “in the ninth mile from Cæsarea, on the way to Ptolemais.” Just at the point indicated is the small village of Tantûra, probably an Arab corruption of Dora, consisting of about thirty houses, wholly constructed of ancient materials.