Dothan
Village of Samaria.
Inhabitants or Natives
The Samaritan shepherd and his dying son, Ruben, healed by Jesus.
Description
Village mentioned in the route that Judas suggests to Jesus to take toward Jerusalem to avoid falling into a trap set by the Pharisees.
Key Events
Jesus heals Ruben, the son of the Samaritan shepherd, from a distance. Widowed, this shepherd practices generosity and has a faith in Jesus that will be rewarded.
Name
Dothan, Dotane, Tel Dothan, Dotaïa, DothaIm, Tell-Dothân.
The name Dotân or Dothan (the two wells) was Hellenized as Dothan.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 481 EMV 482 EMV 485
Learn More About This Place
It is at Joseph's well in Dothan that Jacob’s sons threw their brother Joseph before selling him[1].
North of Shechem, at the entrance of the Jezreel Valley. A hill covered with ruins, at the foot of which are wells that most often lack water, still today bears the name Tell-Dothân.
Excerpt from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère:Maria Valtorta does not specify if Jesus passed through this town. On the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles pilgrimage in the third year, Judas suggests, instead of going south on the direct road, to confuse the Pharisees. « I say not to follow the direct path, but upon leaving here, to head towards Dothan and then, without joining Samaria, to cross the country and pass through Shechem, then descend to Ephraim, by the Adomin and the Mount Cherith, and from there go to Bethany »[2] The village was known from the Bible[3]. Eusebius places it 16 km north of Sébaste, in Samaria. Tel Dothan is located on the southern slope of the Jezreel Valley, among the Gilboa hills. The site was the subject of archaeological excavations from 1953 to 1994.
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• 32° 24’ 46’’ N / 35° 14’ 20’’ E
• +308m
Notes and References
Article partially written based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel Salton Maria Valtorta, by Jean-François Lavère.