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But around noontime he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and <i>then</i> died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and <i>then</i> died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When he had carried him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and <i>then</i> he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and <i>then</i> died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he carried him and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees until noon, and <i>then</i> died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When he had carried and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and <i>then</i> he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The servant picked up the boy and carried him to his mother. The boy lay on her lap all morning, and by noon he was dead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The servant picked him up and brought him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon, when he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The servant carried the boy back to his mother, who held him in her lap until noon, at which time he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So the servant carried him over to his mother, where he rested on her lap until mid-day, and then he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he carries him, and brings him to his mother, and he sits on her knees until the noon, and dies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will sit upon her knees till noon, and he will die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until noon, and then he died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But when he had taken him, and he had led him to his mother, she placed him upon her knees, until midday, and then he died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The servant picked him up and carried him to his mother; he sat in her lap until noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He carried him and brought him to his mother; the child sat on her lap until noon, and he died.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he picked up the boy. He brought him to his mother, and he sat on her lap until noon, and he died.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/4-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1120" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">After the servant had picked him up</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·ḇî·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and carried him</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">his mother,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the boy sat</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1290.htm" title="1290: bir·ke·hā (N-fdc:: 3fs) -- The knee. From barak; a knee.">her lap</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6672.htm" title="6672: haṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- A light, double light, noon. From tsahar; a light: dual double light, i.e. Noon.">noon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: way·yā·mōṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">and then he died.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">1 Kings 17:17-24</a></span><br />Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him. / “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?” / But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-35.htm">Mark 5:35-42</a></span><br />While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?” / But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.” / And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-11.htm">Luke 7:11-15</a></span><br />Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. / As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. / When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-1.htm">John 11:1-44</a></span><br />At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. / (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) / So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-18.htm">Matthew 9:18-26</a></span><br />While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.” / So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples. / Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36-41</a></span><br />In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity. / At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room. / Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a></span><br />“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-28</a></span><br />Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. / “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-26.htm">1 Kings 3:26</a></span><br />Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-18.htm">Job 1:18-19</a></span><br />While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, / when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16-18</a></span><br />When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. / Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: / “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-49.htm">Luke 8:49-56</a></span><br />While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.” / But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” / When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-46.htm">John 4:46-54</a></span><br />So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-9.htm">Acts 20:9-12</a></span><br />And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead. / But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!” / Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.</p><p class="hdg">his mother</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15</a></b></br> Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/66-13.htm">Isaiah 66:13</a></b></br> As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Luke 7:12</a></b></br> Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.</p><p class="hdg">and then died</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2</a></b></br> And he said, Take now thy son, thine only <i>son</i> Isaac, whom thou lovest, 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-3.htm">Genesis 37:3,5</a></b></br> Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he <i>was</i> the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of <i>many</i> colours… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">1 Kings 17:17</a></b></br> And it came to pass after these things, <i>that</i> the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/4-17.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-21.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">Child</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-5.htm">Died</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-17.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm">Knees</a> <a href="/exodus/26-12.htm">Lap</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-16.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-19.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-16.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-19.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-46.htm">Sitteth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/2-19.htm">Beareth</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-31.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-2.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-26.htm">Child</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">Died</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-20.htm">Dieth</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-10.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">Knees</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-39.htm">Lap</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-20.htm">Middle</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-30.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/job/5-14.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-19.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-24.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-6.htm">Sitteth</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">Elisha multiplies the widow's oil</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">He obtains a son for the good Shunammite</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">He restores her son when dead</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The servant's action reflects the urgency and care in responding to the boy's condition. The cultural context shows the importance of family and community support in times of crisis. This act of carrying the boy to his mother can be seen as a gesture of compassion and duty, reminiscent of how believers are called to bear one another's burdens (<a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">Galatians 6:2</a>).<p><b>the boy sat on her lap until noon</b><br>The image of the boy sitting on his mother's lap is poignant, symbolizing the close bond between mother and child. In biblical times, the lap was often a place of comfort and security, reflecting the nurturing role of the mother. The mention of "until noon" may indicate the passage of time and the mother's hope for her child's recovery. This scene can be compared to the nurturing care God provides to His children, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/66-13.htm">Isaiah 66:13</a>, where God comforts His people as a mother comforts her child.<p><b>and then he died</b><br>The death of the boy introduces a moment of deep sorrow and testing of faith. In the broader biblical narrative, death is a consequence of the fall (Genesis 3) and a reminder of human mortality. This event sets the stage for a miraculous intervention by the prophet Elisha, foreshadowing the power of God over life and death. It also parallels the resurrection power seen in the New Testament, particularly in the miracles of Jesus, such as the raising of Jairus's daughter (<a href="/mark/5-41.htm">Mark 5:41-42</a>). This moment of death and subsequent resurrection serves as a type of Christ's own death and resurrection, offering hope of eternal life to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shunammite_woman.htm">The Shunammite Woman</a></b><br>A notable woman from Shunem who showed hospitality to Elisha, the prophet. She is a figure of faith and perseverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a></b><br>A prophet of God who succeeded Elijah. He performed many miracles, including the eventual resurrection of the Shunammite woman's son.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_shunammite's_son.htm">The Shunammite's Son</a></b><br>A miraculous child given to the Shunammite woman as a reward for her kindness to Elisha. His sudden illness and death set the stage for a demonstration of God's power.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_servant.htm">The Servant</a></b><br>Likely Gehazi, Elisha's servant, who plays a role in the events surrounding the boy's illness and death.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/shunem.htm">Shunem</a></b><br>A town in the territory of Issachar, where the Shunammite woman lived. It serves as the setting for this miraculous event.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>The Shunammite woman's account encourages believers to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god.htm">The Power of God</a></b><br>This passage reminds us of God's sovereignty over life and death, encouraging us to rely on His power in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_prayer.htm">Perseverance in Prayer</a></b><br>The Shunammite woman's response to her son's death teaches us the importance of persistent prayer and seeking God's intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hospitality_and_blessing.htm">Hospitality and Blessing</a></b><br>Her initial act of hospitality towards Elisha led to a blessing, illustrating the principle that God rewards those who honor His servants.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a></b><br>The account foreshadows the ultimate hope of resurrection through Christ, offering comfort and assurance of eternal life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elisha_save_the_shunammite's_son.htm">How did Elisha help the Shunammite woman's son live?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_angels_commit_sin.htm">Can angels commit sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_2_kings_4_align_with_other_resurrections.htm">How does the resurrection of the Shunammite’s son (2 Kings 4:18–37) align with or contradict other biblical resurrection accounts? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_8_4__align_with_assyrian_records.htm">Isaiah 8:4: Does the swift judgment on Damascus and Samaria align with known Assyrian records or is it purely a biblical claim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Taken</span><span class= "ital">.</span>--<span class= "ital">Carried.</span><p><span class= "bld">Brought him.</span>--<span class= "ital">Brought him in</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> in-doors.<p><span class= "bld">Till noon.</span>--We gather from this that the boy was hurt in the forenoon.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon.</span> It was in the morning, therefore, that the child received his sunstroke - an unusual, but not an unknown, occurrence. In the East the sun often becomes intensely hot by ten o'clock. <span class="cmt_word">And then died.</span> There is no ambiguity here, no room for doubt; the child not only became insensible, but <span class="accented">died</span>. The historian could not possibly have expressed himself more plainly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/4-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After [the servant] had picked him up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·śā·’ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and carried him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḇî·’ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his mother,</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’im·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the boy] sat</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·šeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her lap</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּרְכֶּ֛יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(bir·ke·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1290.htm">Strong's 1290: </a> </span><span class="str2">The knee</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">noon,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽצָּהֳרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6672.htm">Strong's 6672: </a> </span><span class="str2">A light, double light, noon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and then he died.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּמֹֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·mōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/4-20.htm">2 Kings 4:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/4-20.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 4:20 When he had taken him and brought (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/4-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 4:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/4-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 4:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>