Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanizedSounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar. It was located near the Jezreel Valley, north of Mount Gilboa (Joshua 19:18).

Amarna letter mentioning Shunem

Shunaam is where the Philistines camped when they fought Saul, the first king of Israel (1 Samuel 28:4). It was the hometown of Abishag, King David's companion in his old age (1 Kings 1:1). The prophet Elisha was hospitably entertained there by a wealthy woman[1] whose deceased son Elisha brought back to life. (2 Kings 4:8)

M8N35
G1
Aa15
D38
or
N37
N35
G1Aa15
D38
šnꜣmmꜣ(j)[2][3]
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)
M8N35
Aa15
D36
M17G1N25
šnmꜥꜣ(j)ꜣ[2][3]
in hieroglyphs
Era: 3rd Intermediate Period
(1069–664 BC)

Shunaam is listed as a town conquered by the pharaohs of Egypt Thutmose III and Shoshenk I.[2][3][4]

Shunaam may have been located at the site of the modern village of Sulam.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ BibleGateway.com readings
  2. ^ a b c Gauthier, Henri (1928). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 5. p. 103.
  3. ^ a b c Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 1038.
  4. ^ a b John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible, Touchstone Press, 1965

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainEaston, Matthew George (1897). "Shunem". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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