And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a wealthy woman; and she urged him to eat some food. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat some food.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Sunam, the birth-place of the beautiful virgin Abisag, (3 Kings i. 3.) at the foot of Thabor, (Calmet) and not above a mile from Carmel, ver. 23. (Tirinus) Great woman, "renowned for piety "(Arabic) and riches, ver. 13. (Tirinus) (Menochius) "Fearing sins. "(Chaldean) This was true greatness! (Haydock) Eliseus often passed by her house, when he went to visit the colleges at Bethel, Jericho (Menochius)

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