Shunem

Shunem - two resting-places, a little village in the tribe of Issachar,

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to the north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa (Josh. 19:18),

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where the Philistines encamped when they came against Saul (1

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Sam. 28:4), and where Elisha was hospitably entertained by a

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rich woman of the place. On the sudden death of this woman's son

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she hastened to Carmel, 20 miles distant across the plain, to

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tell Elisha, and to bring him with her to Shunem. There, in the

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"prophet's chamber," the dead child lay; and Elisha entering it,

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shut the door and prayed earnestly: and the boy was restored to

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life (2 Kings 4:8-37). This woman afterwards retired during the

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famine to the low land of the Philistines; and on returning a

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few years afterwards, found her house and fields in the

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possession of a stranger. She appealed to the king at Samaria,

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and had them in a somewhat remarkable manner restored to her

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(comp. 2 Kings 8:1-6).

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