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2 Kings 4:19

Grief

17 But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

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

“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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
KJV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
WEB
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
ASV
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
DARBY
And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.
BLB
And he said to his father, “My head! My head!” And he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
ÅB
Og han sa til sin far: Mitt hode! Mitt hode! Da sa faren til sin dreng: Bær ham hjem til hans mor!
OTB
Og han sa til sin far, "Mitt hode, mitt hode!" Og han sa til sin tjener, "Bær ham til hans mor."
B1930
Og han sa til sin far: Mitt hode! Mitt hode! Da sa faren til sin dreng: Bær ham hjem til hans mor!

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Cross references

  • Job 14:1–2

    “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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