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2 Kings 4:21

FaithGriefParents and children

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.

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.”

23 “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

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BSB
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
KJV
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
WEB
She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
ASV
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.
DARBY
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.
BLB
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and she shut the [door] behind him and went out.
ÅB
Hun gikk opp og la ham på den Guds manns seng og lukket etter ham og gikk ut.
OTB
Så gikk hun opp og la ham på Guds manns seng, og lukket døren bak ham og gikk ut.
B1930
Hun gikk op og la ham på den Guds manns seng og lukket efter ham og gikk ut.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 4:32

    When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

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  • 1 Kings 17:19

    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

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  • 2 Kings 4:7

    She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

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  • 2 Kings 4:10

    Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

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