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.
Ver. 8. That Elisha passed to Shunem.] Abishag's country. 1Ki 1:3 See Joshua 19:18. And the Rabbins say that this good Shunammite was Abishag's sister's daughter.
Where was a great woman.] Great in wealth, and great also in virtue, as the Chaldee understandeth it. a
a Cavens sibi a peccato. - Chald. Paraph.