2 Kings 4:20
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
Cross References
Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou love, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 37:5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him yet the more.
Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet I will not forget thee.
Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I take the desire of thine eyes away from thee with a stroke. Yet thou shall neither mourn nor weep. Neither shall thy tears run down.
Luke 7:12Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city were with her.
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:19-38
The Death of the Shunammite's Son; The Shunammite's Son Restored. ( b. c. 887.) 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her… Read the whole commentary →