Shunem
수넴
Named at 1 Samuel 28:4: “The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.” 2 Kings 4:8 says, “One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.”
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- 1SA 28:3–6, engwebp
3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
4The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
6When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.
- 2KI 4:8–10, engwebp
8One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
9She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
10Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Shunem” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Sulam (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- Sulam
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.60563, 35.33431
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Shunem” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (2) — The Philistines encamp in Shunem, and the LORD doesn’t answer Saul, Elisha goes to Shunem, and a prominent woman there asks her husband to make a little room for him
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The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Shunem (place-shunem) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/shunem Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 28:4: “The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.” 2 Kings 4:8 says, “One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.” Cited evidence: 1SA 28:3–6, engwebp / 2KI 4:8–10, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.