2 Kings 4

2 Kings 4:8

Shunem] A Citie in the Tribe of Issachar, Iosh. XIX. 18. And hath, in the same Tribe standing from it, Iezreel towards the South; Mount Gilboa towards the South-East; The river Kishon on the East; and Mount Tabor towards the North-North-East, in the Confines of the Tribe of Zebulon. In Shunem the Philistines pitched against Saul in Gilboa, 1 Sam. XXVIII 4. Here was borne Abishag that fair Virgin, that lay in Davids bosome to cherish him, as a wife-nurse, in his decreped age: And was afterwards sought for in marriage by Adonijah; but to the losse of his life, in the State-wisdome of Solomon, 1 King.

I. and II. chapters. And here dwelt this great and good woman that made these accommodations for the Prophet Elishah: and upon his Prophetical promise obtained a sonne: and had him miraculously raised from death of life againe by Elishah coming from Mount Carmel hither; as is in this IV. Chapter. And further, upon this accompt, after her seven years absence, on the Prophets direction, by reason of the Famine to ensue during that time, she returning out of the Land of the Philistines, had her house, lands, and profits of her estate restored to her, by Iehoram King of Israel, 2 King. VIII.

2 Kings 4:38

Gilgal] Of this see the Annotations on Hos. IV. 15.

2 Kings 4:42

twenty loaves of barley] This was more then the bread of his first fruits came to.