King James Version (KJV)
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.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 4
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.
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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died.
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And 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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And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
About 2 Kings
The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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