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2 Kings 4:20
2 Kings 4:20 is verse 20 of 2 Kings chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
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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2 Kings 4:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Isaiah 66:13As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Luke 7:12As 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.
Genesis 22:2“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.”
Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
Genesis 37:5Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
1 Kings 17:17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
Ezekiel 24:17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
Ezekiel 24:18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
Luke 2:35so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed— and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”
John 11:3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:14So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,