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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

In Context

19And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'

21And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:2And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, 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 brethren; 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 will not I forget thee.

Ezekiel 24:16'Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; yet neither shalt thou make lamentation nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

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 →

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