DOTHAN

Or DOTHAIN, the place where Josephus was sold to the Ishmaelites, Ge 37:17, and where the Syrians were smitten with blindness at Elisha’s word, 2Ki 6:13. It was on the caravan-route from Syria to Egypt, about eleven miles north of Samaria.

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Dothan. Dothan
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 surrounding the mountain on which the city stood. It is identified with the modern Tell-Dothan, on the south side of the plain of Jezreel, about 12 miles north of Samaria, among the hills of Gilboa. The “two wells” are still in existence, one of which bears the name of the “pit of Joseph” (Jubb Yusuf).

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Dothan. the law; custom

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DOTHAN. → A district and town in Palestine Ge 37:17 → Syrian army made blind at 2Ki 6:13-19

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a district and town near Samaria Ge 37:17; 2Ki 6:13