God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 4:18
18Several years later the boy went to his father, who was with the harvest workers.
2 Kings 4:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
- New International Version (NIV)The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers.
Context of 2 Kings 4:18
16Elisha said, “At this time next spring, you will hold a baby boy in your arms.” She answered, “Don’t say that, sir. Don’t lie to me. You’re a man of God.” 17But the woman became pregnant and had a son at that time next year, as Elisha had told her. Several years later the boy went to his father, who was with the harvest workers. 19⌞Suddenly,⌟ he said to his father, “My head! My head!” The father told his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20The servant picked him up and brought him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon, when he died.
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וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֶל־אָבִ֖יו אֶל־הַקֹּצְרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18When the child was grown - We know not of what age he was, very likely four or six, if not more years; for he could go out to the reapers in the harvest field, converse, etc.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-37Verses 18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-20My head! My head!: The boy may have suffered a sudden brain illness, such as an aneurysm. His mother’s faith and character were tested when he died suddenly while sitting on her lap.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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