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Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν) 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). 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)
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Shunaam is listed as a town conquered by the Egyptian pharaohs 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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- ^ BibleGateway.com readings
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gauthier, Henri (1928). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 5. p. 103.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible, Touchstone Press, 1965
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons. Missing or empty
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