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One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
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Verse 8. Sunam, the birth-place of the beautiful virgin Abisag, (3 Kennicott. 1:3) at the foot of Thabor, ( Calmet.) and not above a mile from Carmel, verse 23. Tirinus.—Great woman, “renowned for piety” (Arab.) and riches, verse 13. Tirinus. Menochius.—“Fearing sins.” Chal. This was true greatness! Bible.—Eliseus often passed by her house, when he went to visit the colleges at Bethel, Jericho, and so forth Menochius.
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