Topic
Shunammite
8 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 1:3Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A person from the city of Shunem — Abishag, the girl who took care of David
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
- 2 Kings 4:12Easton · ISBE
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
- 1 Kings 1:15ISBE
¶ And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
- 1 Kings 2:13–25Nave 1. A person from the city of Shunem — Desired by Adonijah as wife
¶ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom…
- 1 Kings 2:17ISBE
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
- 2 Kings 4:8–37Nave 2. A woman who gave hospitality to Elisha, and whose son he raised to life
¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that…
- 2 Kings 8:1–6ISBE
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. And…
- Song of Songs 6:13ISBE
Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A person of Shunem (1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 4:12). The Syr. and Arab. read “Sulamite.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
shoo'-na-mit (shunammith, shunammith; Codex Vaticanus Somaneitis; Codex Alexandrinus Soumanites): Applied to natives of Shunem.
(1) Abishag, who was brought to minister to the aged king David, love for whom led Adonijah to his doom (1Ki 1:3,15; 2:17, etc.).
(2) The woman, name unknown, whose son Elisha raised from the dead (2Ki 4:12, etc.). Later when apparently she had become a widow, after seven years' absence on account of famine, in the land of the Philistines, she returned to find her property in the hands of others. Elisha's intervention secured its restoration (2Ki 8:1-6).
(3) The Shulammite (So 6:13). In this name there is the exchange of "l" for "n" which is common.
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 3 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A person from the city of Shunem
- Abishag, the girl who took care of David 1Ki 1:3
- Desired by Adonijah as wife 1Ki 2:13-25
- 2. A woman who gave hospitality to Elisha, and whose son he raised to life 2Ki 4:8-37
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.