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Amarna letter mentioning Shunem. Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar.
The woman of Shunem appears again in 2 Kings 8. At Elisha's advice, she has spent seven years in Philistia to avoid a famine, and has come back to find she no longer has possession of her house and land.
Abishag the Shunamite tends to aging David, c. 1435. David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879. Shunamitism (also referred to as gerocomy [1]) is the practice of an old man sleeping with, but not necessarily having sex with, a young virgin to preserve his youth.
Gustave Moreau, Song of Songs: The Shulammite Maiden. A Shulamite (or Shulammite; Biblical Hebrew: שׁוּלַמִּית, romanized: Šūlammîṯ, Koinē Greek ...
Sulam street with mosque (2012) Sulam (Arabic: سولم; Hebrew: סוּלַם) [2] is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel.Known in ancient times as Shunama and Shunem, it is first mentioned in the Amarna Letters in the 14th century BCE.
David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879 Abisag, Bathsheba, Solomon, and Nathan tend to the aging David, c. 1435. In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1]
A map showing Endor in ancient Galilee.The actual location of Endor is disputed. Endor (Biblical Hebrew: עֵין־דֹּר/עֵין דּוֹר, romanized: ʿĒn-Dor or עֵין־דֹּאר ) was listed in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 17:11) as one of the Canaanite cities the Israelites failed to dispossess, neither the city nor its dependencies. [1]
The raising of the son of the woman of Shunem is a miracle by Elisha narrated in the Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings 4: . 2 Kings 4: 32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord. 34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his ...