Dothan
do'-than (dothayin, dothan, "two wells," "double feast";
Dothaeim): A place to the North of Shechem whither Jacob's
sons went for pasture for the flocks; where Joseph who
followed them was sold to the Ishmaelites, after having been
imprisoned in a "pit" (Gen 37:17 ff). Here in later days the
eyes of Elisha's servant were opened to see the moun...
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A district and town in Israel
Ge 37:17
-Syrian army made blind at
2Ki 6:13-19...
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(two wells), a place first mentioned Ge 37:17 in connection
with the history of Joseph, and apparently as in the
neighborhood of Shechem. It next appears as the residence of
Elisha. 2Ki 6:13 It was known to Eusebius, who places it 12
miles to the north of Sebaste (Samaria); and here it has been
discovered in our own times, still bearing its an...
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two wells, a famous pasture-ground where Joseph found his
brethren watching their flocks. Here, at the
suggestion of
Judah, they sold him to the Ishmaelite merchants (Gen.
37:17).
It is mentioned on monuments in B.C. 1600.
It was the residence of Elisha (2 Kings 6:13), and the
scene
of a remarkable vision of chariots and horses of fire
sur...
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DOTHAN or DOTHAIN. ("two wells".) At it Joseph was put into a
well pit (from whence it derived its name) become dry, and
afterward sold to Ishmaelite merchants who traveled that route
between Syria and Egypt (Genesis 37:17); near Shechem.
Elisha's place of sojourn, when the Syrian king invested the
city with horses and chariots, to Gehazi's di...
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And he said, Go and spy where he [is], that I may send and
fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, [he is] in
Dothan....
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And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren,
and found them in Dothan....
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