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r having been imprisoned in a "pit" (Ge 37:17 ff). Here in later days the eyes of Elisha's servant were opened to see the mountain "full of horses and chariots of fire," guarding his master from the encircling Syrians (2…
Where is Dothan in the Bible?
Dothan was an ancient city located in the hill country of Samaria in northern Israel, about five miles southwest of the modern town of Jenin. It is primarily known from the book of Genesis as the place where Joseph's brothers found him and sold him into slavery (Genesis 37:17). The site later became significant in the ministry of the prophet Elisha, where his servant's eyes were miraculously opened to see a heavenly army of horses and chariots of fire protecting them from Syrian forces (2 Kings 6:13-17). Dothan's strategic location on the ancient trade routes between Gilead and Egypt made it an important crossroads in biblical times, and archaeologists have identified it with the site of Tell Dothan in the West Bank.
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Dothan
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)r having been imprisoned in a "pit" (Ge 37:17 ff). Here in later days the eyes of Elisha's servant were opened to see the mountain "full of horses and chariots of fire," guarding his master from the encircling Syrians (2Ki 6:13 ff). This is certainly to be identified with Tell Dothan, which lies on the East of the ancient road leading from Gilead across Esdraelon to the seacoast, and thence to Egypt. It is about 5 miles to the Southwest of Jenin. There are some traces of old buildings, two cisterns--Dothayin or Dothayin = "two cisterns" or "pits"- -and one copious spring. Excellent pasture is found in the surrounding plain, and on the adjoining slopes.
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dub'-'-l (shanah, "to repeat," as in counting; kaphal, "to fold over," or "double," as a cloth): A word used quite frequently in the Old Testament. Jacob ordered his sons to take double money in their hands, i.e. twice