1 Kings 4:11

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).