Shunem
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Shunem - two resting-places, a little village in the tribe of Issachar,\nto the north of Jezreel and south of
Mount Gilboa (Josh. 19:18),\nwhere the
Philistines encamped when they came against
Saul (1\nSam. 28:4), and where
Elisha was hospitably entertained by a\nrich woman of the place. On the sudden death of this woman's son\nshe hastened to Carmel, 20 miles distant across the plain, to\ntell Elisha, and to bring him with her to Shunem. There, in the\n"prophet's chamber," the dead child lay; and Elisha entering it,\nshut the door and prayed earnestly: and the boy was restored to\nlife (2 Kings 4:8-37). This woman afterwards retired during the\nfamine to the low land of the Philistines; and on returning a\nfew years afterwards, found her house and fields in the\npossession of a stranger. She appealed to the king at Samaria,\nand had them in a somewhat remarkable manner restored to her\n(comp. 2 Kings 8:1-6).
From
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)