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שׁונֵּם

(sshyoo' nehm) Place name of uncertain meaning. Town in tribal territory of Issachar (Joshua 19:18 ). Place where Philistines camped against Saul, who, in fear, sought to talk to the dead Samuel through a medium (1 Samuel 28:4 ). Abishag from Shunem warmed David on his death bed (1 Kings 1:3 ). See 2 Kings 4:1 ). Shunem is modern Solem on the southern edge of the Nebi Dachi across from Mount Gilboa. It is three miles east of Affuleh and three and a half miles north of Jezreel.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Shunem'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/s/shunem.html. 1991.

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