Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 19:18 : 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
  • 2 Sam 19:32 : 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man.
  • 1 Kgs 1:3 : 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
  • 2 Kgs 4:11-12 : 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
  • 2 Kgs 4:18 : 18 ¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
  • Job 1:3 : 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 men of the east.
  • Job 32:9 : 9 Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 ‹And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel› [them] ‹to come in, that my house may be filled.›
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
  • Judg 19:20 : 20 And the old man said, Peace [be] with thee; howsoever [let] all thy wants [lie] upon me; only lodge not in the street.
  • 1 Sam 28:4 : 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 And he pressed upon 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.
  • Acts 16:15 : 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.