2 Kings 4:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Kings 4:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Kings 4

¹⁸ And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.

¹⁹ “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

²⁰ 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.

²¹ And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

²² And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

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