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Where Joseph was sold by his brothers and where Elisha's servant saw God's army
SamariaHistorically Verified
Dug up in the 1950s and 60s, revealing occupation layers from the Bronze and Iron Ages — the same period as the Joseph and Elisha stories.
A city in northern Samaria. Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit here and sold him to traders (Genesis 37:17). Later, the king of Aram sent an army to capture Elisha here, but God opened his servant's eyes to see horses and chariots of fire (2 Kings 6:13-17).
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