The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
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The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them 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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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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- 2 Kings 6:13 He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 37:17 And the man said, They are departed…
Gen 37:17 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.
Ver. 17. And found them in Dothan.] That is, In Defection. So found our Saviour his lost sheep, in utter defection, both of doctrine and manners: some four, or fewer, "that looked for the consolation of Israel."
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Dothan a place not very far from Shechem, where…
Dothan a place not very far from Shechem, where afterwards a city was built. See 2Ki 6:13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they saw him afar off,.... They knew…
And when they saw him afar off,.... They knew him as soon as they saw him, by his stature, his gesture or manner of walking, and especially by his coat of various colours he now had on, Gen 37:23,
even before he came near unto them; the distance he was from them when they first spied him is particularly remarked and repeated, not to show the quickness of their sight, but for the sake of what follows; to observe how soon their passions were raised, how intense and prepense their malice, and which put them upon devising ways and means to destroy him, for it follows:
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they conspired against him, to slay him; they entered into a consultation, and devised the most crafty methods they could think of to take away his life, and yet conceal the murder.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Dothain: twelve miles to the north of Samaria. (Eusebius)
Dothain: twelve miles to the north of Samaria. (Eusebius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in…
Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan--Hebrew, Dothaim, or "two wells," recently discovered in the modern "Dothan," situated a few hours' distance from Shechem.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. To Dothan — “About seventeen miles farther north.…
17. To Dothan — “About seventeen miles farther north. Dothan, or Dothaim, (two wells,) is situated just south of the great plain of Esdraelon, from which it is separated only by two or three low swells of ground, the name being still attached to a fine green knoll, from the base of which springs a fountain. The pasturage being exhausted in the valley of Shechem, the shepherds had moved northwards to richer grazing grounds, on the margin of the great plain that has always been the granary of Palestine.” — Newhall.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. Dothan] Familiar to us as the name of…
17. Dothan] Familiar to us as the name of the city in which Elisha was beset by foes and divinely protected (2Ki_6:13-15). The modern Tel Dothan probably preserves the site, a hill on the S. side of the plain of Jezreel, and some 15 miles N. of Shechem. It is mentioned frequently in the book of Judith. Modern writers speak of its rich pasturage.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Dothan.—This town was twelve miles north of Shechem,…
(17) Dothan.—This town was twelve miles north of Shechem, and is famous as being the place where Elisha struck the Syrian army with blindness (2Ki_6:13-23) It is situated in a small but fertile valley, and Jacob’s sons, having exhausted the produce of the larger plain round Shechem, had moved northward thither. Not having found them at Shechem, Joseph did not know where to go, but wandered about “in the field”—the open downs—till he met some one who could give him information. Had he been a practised hunter, like Esau, he would have followed them by the tracks of the cattle.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the man said, They are departed hence; for…
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to DothanDothaim, "the Two ells," a place twelve miles north of Samaria in the direction of the plain of Esdraelon, situated on the great caravan road from Mount Gilead to Egypt, the scene of one of the greatest miracles of Elisha the prophet, (2Ki_6:13-18) and, though now a deserted ruin, still called by its ancient name. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. "Just beneath Tell Dothan, which still preserves its name, is the little oblong plain, containing the best pasturage in the country, and well chosen by Jacob"s sons when they had exhausted for a time the wider plain of Shechem" (Tristram, "Land of Israel," p. 132; cf. Thomson, " Land and Book," p. 466).
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