Finally it passed through the wilderness of Judah S of Jericho to the Dead Sea, which formed its eastern boundary. 4. Simeon’s portion (cf. IV, 1). The abandonment of part of Judah’s territory to Simeon is explained in Judges 1:3. Judah evidently felt that its manpower would be ...
The north coast lies within 100 km sailing distance of the southern coast of Anatolia (Figure 1, inset). While much of the coastline is rocky, there are small sheltered coves which would have provided serviceable anchorages for ancient shipping, like those known or presumed from such EBA ...