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She is most likely called the Shulammite because she came from an unidentified place called Shulem. Many scholars consider Shulammite to be synonymous with Shunammite (“person from Shunem”). Shunem was a village in the territory of Issachar, north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa.
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.
David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879 Abisag, Bathsheba, Solomon, and Nathan tend to the aging David, c. 1435. In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1]
Abishag the Shunamite tends to aging David, c. 1435. David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879. Shunamitism (also referred to as gerocomy [1]) is the practice of an old man sleeping with, but not necessarily having sex with, a young virgin to preserve his youth.
Amarna letter mentioning Shunem. Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar.
Gehazi was the servant of the prophet Elisha.He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite woman and her son [2] and of Naaman the Syrian. On the latter occasion, Gehazi, overcome with avarice, obtained in the prophet's name two talents of silver and two valuable robes from Naaman.
The Departure of the Shunammite Woman or Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael is a 1640 painting by the studio of Rembrandt, probably by Ferdinand Bol. It is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It shows either Hagar and Ishmael or the Shunammite woman from 2 Kings 4. [1]
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