2 Kings 4:20
The servant picked him up and took him back to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
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Genesis 22:2God told him, “Go with your son, your only son, the one you love, to the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I'll tell you about.”
Genesis 37:5Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
Isaiah 49:15Really? Can a mother forget her nursing baby? Can she forget to be kind to the child she carried in her womb? Even if she could forget, I will never forget you!
Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, look, I'm about to take away the one you love the most. She will die. But you must not mourn or weep. Don't cry any tears.
Luke 7:12As he approached the town gate a funeral procession was coming the other way. The man who had died was the only son of a widow, and a sizeable crowd from the town was with her.
John 11:5Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, 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 →