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Shunem

Jezreel valley (territory of Issachar) · Old Testament · 3 verses

Shunem was a town near the Jezreel valley in the territory of Issachar. It lay in the fertile northern plain. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Kings in the King James text.

About Shunem

Shunem was a town near the Jezreel valley in the territory of Issachar. It lay in the fertile northern plain.

Its place in the story

At Shunem a wealthy woman gave hospitality to the prophet Elisha, and her son was later raised to life through the prophet. The Philistines also camped near Shunem before the battle of Gilboa.

Shunem in Scripture (KJV)

“And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,”
Joshua 19:18 (KJV)
“And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.”
1 Samuel 28:4 (KJV)
“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 4:8 (KJV)

Where it leads

The raising of the Shunammite's son by Elisha is one of the Old Testament acts of restoring life that point to the resurrection power of Christ.

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Where is Shunem in the Bible?

Shunem was a town near the Jezreel valley in the territory of Issachar. It lay in the fertile northern plain. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Kings in the King James text.

What happened at Shunem?

At Shunem a wealthy woman gave hospitality to the prophet Elisha, and her son was later raised to life through the prophet. The Philistines also camped near Shunem before the battle of Gilboa.

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