Type: place
It is the land of the tribe of Issachar.
Josh 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, and Shunem,
In the final battle where King Saul was to die, the Philistine army encamped here.
1 Sam 28:4The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. Saul gathered all Israel and encamped at Gilboa.
Abishag, the concubine David took in his old age, was from here.
1 Kgs 1:3So they searched throughout all the territory of Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Shunammite Abishag and brought her to the king.
1 Kgs 1:15So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber. The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending the king.
1 Kgs 2:17He said, “Please speak to King Solomon that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he will not refuse you.”
1 Kgs 2:22King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for the kingdom for him as well, for he is my older brother, and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”
Elisha helped a childless woman here to have a son. Later, when this son died, Elisha brought him back to life.