Commentary for II Kings 4:8
וַיְהִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל־שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְשָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַתַּחֲזֶק־בּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכָל־לָ֑חֶם וַֽיְהִי֙ מִדֵּ֣י עָבְר֔וֹ יָסֻ֥ר שָׁ֖מָּה לֶאֱכָל־לָֽחֶם׃
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.
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Rashi on II Kings
There [lived] a prominent woman. [I.e.,] an important [woman]. And I saw in Pirkei of Rabbi Eliezer,10Chapter 23. that she was the sister of Avishag the Shunamis.11See I Melochim 1:1-4.12She is also identified as the mother of Iddo the prophet.—Radak See I Melochim 13:1 and Rashi there.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
He wanted to say, come on the day that Elisha passed through Sunam
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Rashi on II Kings
Thereafter, whenever he passed through. In that city, he would stop at her house to eat a meal.
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Rashi on II Kings
He would go. [יור is] the present tense, [i.e.,] he would go there.
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