shu.nem is a proper place name used for a boundary location, an encampment site, and a place Elisha visited.

The supplied verses use the proper noun for the same place in three settings: among boundary locations, as the site where the Philistines encamped, and as the place Elisha repeatedly passed through.

1. Place name in geographical and narrative settings · dominant

   All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 19:18 the APB renders Shunem within a list beginning "Their boundary was"; in 1 Samuel 28:4 it renders the Philistines as encamping there; and in 2 Kings 4:8 it names the place Elisha passed by and turned aside to eat.

   Joshua 19:181 Samuel 28:42 Kings 4:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Shunem" in each verse: in a boundary list, as an encampment location, and as a destination Elisha passed by. The verse is read as a whole, but these clauses consistently present a place name.