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Summary

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.

It fell on

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Bible References

It fell on

2 Kings 4:11
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.

Shunem

2 Kings 4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
Joshua 19:18
And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
1 Samuel 28:4
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

A great woman

2 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
Job 32:9
It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
Luke 1:15
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

She constrained him

Genesis 19:3
And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Judges 19:20
And the old man said, Peace be unto thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Luke 14:23
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 24:29
And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there . And she constrained us.

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Luke 24:29
And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.

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