Shunem

Shunem is a settlement named in 9 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Sulam (high confidence).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 19:18
  And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

1 Samuel

• 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.The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

1 Kings

• 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.Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the 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.Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
• 1 Kings 2:21
  And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

2 Kings

• 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.One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
• 2 Kings 4:11
  And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
• 2 Kings 4:12
  And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” 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:So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.