2 Kings 4:18

18 When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

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 He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.

17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.

18 When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

19 He said to his father, My head, my head. He said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

20 When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.