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Shunem in the Bible.

Shunem is a town in the Bible, about 92 km (57 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from Joshua 19:18 to 2 Kings 4:25.

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What happened at Shunem.

Two resting-places, a little village in the tribe of Issachar, to the north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa (Josh. 19:18), where the Philistines encamped when they came against Saul (1 Sam. 28:4), and where Elisha was hospitably entertained by a rich woman of the place. On the sudden death of this woman’s son she hastened to Carmel, 20 miles distant across the plain, to tell Elisha, and to bring him with her to Shunem. There, in the “prophet’s chamber,” the dead child lay; and Elisha entering it, shut the door and prayed earnestly: and the boy was restored to life (2 Kings 4:8-37). This woman afterwards retired during the famine to the low land of the Philistines; and on returning a few years afterwards, found her house and fields in the possession of a stranger. She appealed to the king at Samaria, and had them in a somewhat remarkable manner restored to her (comp. 2 Kings 8:1-6).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Shunem.

Abishag 3Gehazi 2Adonijah 1Elisha 1Saul 1Solomon 1

Near Shunem.

All 8 verses that name Shunem.

Joshua 1

  • Joshua 19:18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

1 Samuel 1

  • 1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

1 Kings 3

  • 1 Kings 1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
  • 1 Kings 2:17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
  • 1 Kings 2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

2 Kings 3

  • 2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
  • 2 Kings 4:12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
  • 2 Kings 4:25So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

Questions about Shunem.

Where is Shunem in the Bible?

Shunem is a town about 92 km (57 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Shunem named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Shunem in 8 verses, in 4 books, from Joshua 19:18 to 2 Kings 4:25.

Which people are named with Shunem in the Bible?

The verses that name Shunem also name Abishag, Gehazi, Adonijah, Elisha, Saul and Solomon.

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