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2 Kings 4
2 Kings 4:20
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2 Kings 4:20
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After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
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2 Kings 4:20 in Other Translations
KJV
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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
ESV
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And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.
NLT
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So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died.
MSG
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The servant took him in his arms and carried him to his mother. He lay on her lap until noon and died.
CSB
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So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.
2 Kings 4:20 In-Context
18
The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
19
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20
After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21
She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.
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She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”
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