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Tel Dothan - Aerial views (BibleWalks.com)

Tel Dothan (also:Tel Dotan, Tel al-Hafireh) rises 60m above the valley of Dothan, and covers an area of 100 dunam (10 Hectares). During Biblical times, it commanded a strategic a north-south highway in Samaria, from the Jezreel valley to the mountain area, known as the "Way of the Patriarchs" (now highway #60 from Afula to BeerSheba). Another western route (King's route - Tarik es-Sultan) leads to the coast (towards port city of Dor) and joins "Via Maris" (towards Egypt). The site is associated with the sale of Joseph, favorite son of Jacob, by his brothers who were stationed at that time in Dothan (Genesis 37: 17): “And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan”. The brothers, envy of Joseph, threw him into a pit, then sold him (Genesis 37:28): “Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt”. A tradition identifies a deep well on the side of the mound as Joseph's pit. Yet another tradition has the pit located near Amiad (Jubb Yussef). The excavations revealed early settlement during the end of the Chalcolithic period (~3300 BC). It grew to a heavily fortified walled Canaanite city during the Early Bronze I-III period (3150-2300 BC). Seven archaeological layers were identified of this period, followed by two layers that were dated to the Middle Canaanite period IIb (1750-1550 BC). Few findings were identified to the Late Canaanite and the Israelite I period. The peak settlement was in the Israelite II period (from 1000 BC), with 4 identified layers. The oldest layer, with a large administration building dated to the 9th-10th century BC, was destroyed by fire - perhaps by Aram Damascus. The Israelite city is described by the Bible as a major city, when the King of Aram came to catch prophet Elisha (2 Kings 6:13-14): "And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about". Dothan was destroyed by the Assyrians during the Tiglath Pileser III inquest (732 BC) or by Shalmaneser V or Sargon II at the end of the Northern kingdom (721 BC). The Assyrians rebuilt the city, as identified by a single short-period layer. Except for a small settlement during the Hellenistic period and a Mameluke structure on the summit, the city was left mostly uninhabited since then. The drone starts above the south east edge, passes along its southern foothills, then descends to "Joseph pit" where the tour, organized by Midreshet Shomron, was inspecting the well. More: https://www.biblewalks.com/teldothan