2 Kings 4:20

And he took him up, and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees till noon, when he died.

Leeser Tanakh

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 a lad, Carry him to his mother.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 22:2And he said: Take now thy son, thy only one, 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 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, not to have mercy on the son of her body? yea, should these even forget, yet would I not forget thee.

Ezekiel 24:16Son of man, behold, I will take away from thee the desire of thy eyes by a sudden death; but thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, nor shalt thou shed a tear.

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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