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Shunem
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A city of Issachar, Joshua 19:18 . The Philistines encamped at Shunem, in the great field or Plain of Esdraelon, 1 Samuel 28:4; and Saul encamped at Gilboa. Abishag, king of David's nurse, was of Shunem, 1 Kings 1:3; so also was the woman whose son Elisha restored to life, 2 Kings 4:8-37 . Eusebius and Jerome place it five miles south of Tabor; and it is now recognized in a poor village called Solam, on a declivity at the northwest corner of a smaller valley of Jezreel.
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Shunem'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/s/shunem.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Shunem'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/s/shunem.html. 1859.
