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Shunem
Town or city mentioned in 9 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Kings.
Where it appears
2 Kings (4), 1 Kings (3), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 19:18 first mention — And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
- 1 Samuel 28:4 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
- 1 Kings 1:3 — 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 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.
- 2 Kings 4:8 — 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.
- 2 Kings 4:11 — And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
- 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:
Nearby places
- Ophrah 4 km
- Jezreel 5 km
- Endor 7 km
- Kishion 8 km
- Valley of Jezreel 9 km
- Tabor 11 km
- Daberath 11 km
- Sarid 11 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.