2 Kings 4:18

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

16He said, “About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” 17The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her. The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. 19He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.

2 Kings 4:18 word by word

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֶל־אָבִ֖יו אֶל־הַקֹּצְרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when the childיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• was grownגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• it fell on a dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that he went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• to the reapersקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:18

• Ruth 2:4Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “May the Lord be with you!” They replied, “May the Lord bless you!”

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

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Shunammite
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Careful
• Desire
• Shunem
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Gehazi
• Images
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoram; Joram

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