1st Kings Chapter 4 verse 11 Holy Bible
Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
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... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
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Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.
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The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for a wife:
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Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
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Ben-Abinadab `hath' all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - The son of Abinadab [Ben Abinadab. Possibly the Abinadab of 1 Samuel 16:8; 1 Samuel 17:13. If so, this officer, who married Solomon's daughter, was also his cousin], in [Heb. omits] all the region [נָפָה, height; the term is only used in connection with Dor] of Dor [Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:23; Joshua 17:11. Dor, now represented by the miserable village of Tantura, lies on the strand of the Mediterranean, north of Caesarea. A "spur of Mount Camel, steep and partially wooded, runs parallel to the coastline, at the distance of about a mile and a half" (Porter). This is the "height of Dor." Thenius supposes this fourth district embraced the plain of Sharon. Josephus (8. 2. 3.) limits this prefecture to the sea coast, which may well include Sharon. Indeed, without it, this district would have been destitute of cornlands] which had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife. ["It has always been a practice amongst Oriental potentates to attach to themselves the more important of their officers by giving them for wives princesses of the royal house .... The practice of polygamy has generally enabled them to carry out this system to a very wide extent" (Rawlinson).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) The fourth division, "all the region of Dor," still lies along the coast, but to the north of the preceding districts, close under Mount Carmel, in the territory assigned to Manasseh. Dor is named in Joshua 11:2, as forming a part of the confederacy of the north under Jabin, and as subsequently conquered (1Kings 12:23), and given to Manasseh (1Kings 17:11).
