Atlas Biblica

    place

    Dothan

    דֹּתָן

    Dothan, a place where Joseph found his brothers and was later sold into slavery (Genesis 37:17).

    Where the story of Dothan happensWhere the gazetteer locates Dothan, framed to them: Dothan. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Dothan
    Where the gazetteer locates Dothan
    verses
    2
    first named
    Genesis 37:17
    last named
    2 Kings 6:14
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.41°N · 35.24°E
    settlement32.41°N · 35.24°E

    Tel Dotan (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Dothan in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Dothan was a place located in the territory of Israel, mentioned in two significant events in the Bible. First, it was the place where Joseph found his brothers tending their flocks after being sent by his father, Israel (or 'Jacob') (Genesis 37:17). It was near Dothan that Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery to a caravan of Ishmaelites traveling to Egypt. Later, during the time of the prophet Elisha, the king of Aram sent his army to capture Elisha at Dothan (2Ki.6.13). God protected Elisha by revealing the presence of heavenly chariots and horses surrounding the city. Dothan was located near the major trade routes between Egypt and Mesopotamia, making it a strategic location for both commercial and military purposes.

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    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books. The name is written 3 times in them.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      37:17

    2. 2 Kings1 verse

      6:13

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via ElishaAbel-meholahA town in Israel, home of Elisha.via ElishaElijah and Elisha’s journeyElijah and Elisha’s journey is an event attested across 7 verses, connecting 7 pageable entities.via ElishaElijah’s anointing of Hazael, Jehu, and ElishaElijah’s anointing of Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 5 pageable entities.via ElishaGoing To JordanGoing To Jordan is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via ElishaIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia ElishaJerichoAn ancient city in Canaan, famously conquered by Israelvia ElishaJoramKing of N. Israel, son of Ahabvia ElishaShaphatFather of Elisha the prophetvia ElishaWife and Shunammites’ going of ElishaWife and Shunammites’ going of Elisha is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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