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Dothan is a town in the Bible, about 71 km (44 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Genesis 37:17 to 2 Kings 6:13.
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).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Dothan is a town about 71 km (44 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Dothan in 2 verses, in 2 books, from Genesis 37:17 to 2 Kings 6:13.