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Shunammites שׁוּנַמִּית
People from Shunam(?). Shunammites, inhabitants of Shunem, including Abishag, David's nurse, and the Shunammite woman, Elisha's benefactor.
Also called Shunammite.
Where Shunammites appears
Key verses
- 1 Kings 1:3 first mention — So 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 1:15 — And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
- 1 Kings 2:17 — And 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 2:21 — And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- 1 Kings 2:22 — And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
- 2 Kings 4:12 — And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
- 2 Kings 4:25 — So 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:
- 2 Kings 4:36 — And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.