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Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Elisha and the Shunammite woman, 1649.

The woman of Shunem (or Shunammite woman) is a character in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 4:8 describes her as a "great woman" (KJV) in the town of Shunem. Her name is not recorded in the biblical text.

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Woman of Shunem

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The woman of Shunem (or Shunammite woman) is a character in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 4:8 describes her as a "great woman" (KJV) in the town of Shunem. Her...

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Raising of the son of the woman of Shunem

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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...

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Abishag

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Hebrew Bible, Abishag (Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. Among...

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Shunem

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Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession...

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Raising of the son of the widow of Nain

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raising of the son of the woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4) by Elisha is also similar, including the reaction of the people. In particular, the location of Nain...

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Resurrection

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young boy from death (1 Kings 17:17-24) Elisha raises the son of the Woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4:32-37) whose birth he previously foretold (2 Kings 4:8-16)...

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Jonah

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holds that he was the son of the woman of Shunem brought back to life by Elisha in 2 Kings and that he is called the "son of Amittai" (Truth) due to his...

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Elijah

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the son of the widow of Zarephath and Elisha raising the son of the woman of Shunem, citing both Elijah and Elisha as Old Testament examples of faith....

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Shulamite

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with Shunammite (“person from Shunem”). Shunem was a village in the territory of Issachar, north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa. Other scholars link...

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2 Kings 4

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(verses 31–37) Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as...

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Miracle

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son of the woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4:18–37). The Torah describes many miracles related to Moses during his time as a prophet and the Exodus of the Israelites...

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Women in the Bible

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favour and Athaliah was put to death at the entrance of her palace. 2 Kings 4 tells of a woman in Shunem who treated the prophet Elisha with respect, feeding...

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Luke 7

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raising of the son of the woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4) by Elisha is also similar, including the reaction of the people, and in particular, the location of Nain...

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Pavel Pleshanov

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The resurrection by the prophet Elisha of son of Woman of Shunem (1854) Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1915, p. 154. Brief biography @ Russian...

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1 Kings 17

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the son of the woman of Shunem (2 Kings 4) by Elisha is also similar, giving an example of a repeated pattern in the history of redemption. Cherith Gilead...

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1 Samuel 28

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{\mathfrak {G}}} A; 5th century). Gibeah Shunem Gilboa Endor Endor Gilboa Shunem Verses 1–2 continue the story of David's time among the Philistines, which...

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Salomon Garf

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1904, he entered the Prix de Rome with his depiction of the Raising of the son of the woman of Shunem, but the prize went to Jan Sluijters. After graduating...

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Gehazi

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come, but share the doom of Balaam, Doeg, and Ahithophel. On the way to Shunem with Elisha's staff Gehazi proved himself to be a skeptic concerning the...

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Shunamitism

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based on the biblical story of King David and Abishag. The young woman, who was from Shunem, was also referred to as a Shunammite. When King David was old...

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Sulam

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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. Archaeological...

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Elisha

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the city of Zarephath. In the second Book of Kings, Elisha obtained for a rich lady of Shunem the birth of a son. When the child died some years later...

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History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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time in the village of Shunem. Burhan-ud-din Kermani, a physician in 15th century Persia, described his approach to the treatment of ghashy (cardiac and...

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Books of Kings

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oil, pay the creditors and live off the rest. He then moves on to Shunem, where a woman invites him to eat and soon decides to build a room for use whenever...

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2 Kings 8

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order of appearance): Shunem Samaria Damascus Ramoth-Gilead Jerusalem Jezreel The part is a continuation to the story of the Shunammite woman in 4:8–37...

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Josephine Butler bibliography

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She was especially concerned with the welfare of prostitutes although she campaigned on a broad range of women's rights. In 1864 her daughter Eva fell...

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