Shunem
A written article for Shunem is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shunem appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Shunem
Original word
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Where Shunem appears in Scripture
וַיְהִי גְּבוּלָם יִזְרְעֶאלָה וְהַכְּסוּלֹת וְשׁוּנֵֽם׃
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
וַיִּקָּֽבְצוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּֽחֲנוּ בְשׁוּנֵם וַיִּקְבֹּץ שָׁאוּל אֶת-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered together, all Israel and they pitched in Gilboa.
וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיַּֽעֲבֹר אֱלִישָׁע אֶל-שׁוּנֵם וְשָׁם אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה וַתַּֽחֲזֶק-בּוֹ לֶֽאֱכָל-לָחֶם וַֽיְהִי מִדֵּי עָבְרוֹ יָסֻר שָׁמָּה לֶֽאֱכָל-לָֽחֶם׃
And 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.