2 Kings 4:8

WEB

⁸One 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.

KJV

⁸¶ And it fell on a day^[+], that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

BSB

⁸One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

FBV

⁸One day as Elisha was passing through Shunem, a wealthy woman who lived there convinced him to have a meal. After that, whenever he was passing by he would stop there to eat.

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Joshua 19:18

¹⁸Their border was to Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Genesis 19:3

³He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

1 Kings 1:3

³So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

Job 1:3

³His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

2 Kings 4:11-12

¹¹One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there. ¹²He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

Luke 24:29

²⁹They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

Job 32:9

⁹It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Judges 19:20

²⁰The old man said, “Peace be to you! Just let me supply all your needs, but don’t sleep in the street.”

2 Samuel 19:32

³²Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

Proverbs 7:21

²¹With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.