2 Kings 4:18

18 The child grew up. One day he ran to his father, who was with the harvest workers.

2 Kings 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:18

And when the child was grown
Perhaps was six or seven years of age, or more:

it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers;
it was harvest time, and the men were reaping the corn in the fields; and his father, though a wealthy man, was with them to direct them, and see they did their business well, as Boaz formerly; and the child went out from the house to the field, to see his father and the reapers, for his recreation and diversion.

2 Kings 4:18 In-Context

16 Elisha said, "About this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." But she said, "No, man of God, sir; don't lie to your servant."

17 But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at about the same time the next year. This was what Elisha had promised her.

18 The child grew up. One day he ran to his father, who was with the harvest workers.

19 He said to his father, "Oh, my head! My head!" The father said to a young man, "Carry him to his mother."

20 So he picked up the boy and brought him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon. Then he died.