2 Kings 4:20

20 And when he had taken (him), and had brought him to his mother, she setted him on her knees unto midday, and he was dead (and then he died).

2 Kings 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:20

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother
The lad led him home, and delivered him to his mother:

he sat on her knees till noon, and then died;
out of her great affection, she took him on her knees, and laid his head in her bosom to sooth the pain, and in this posture he continued until the middle of the day, and then expired; by which it appears it was in the morning when he went into the field, and when the sun was pretty high, and beat strongly on him; which, it may be, produced a fever, and which issued in his death.

2 Kings 4:20 In-Context

18 Soothly the child increased; and when some day was, and the child was gone out, and went to his father, and to the reapers, (And the child grew; and then one day, when the child went out to his father, and to the reapers,)

19 he said to his father, Mine head acheth, mine head acheth. And his father said to a servant, Take (him), and lead him to his mother.

20 And when he had taken (him), and had brought him to his mother, she setted him on her knees unto midday, and he was dead (and then he died).

21 Certainly she went up, and laid him on the little bed of the man of God, and closed the door. And she went out,

22 and called her husband, and said, I beseech, send thou with me one of the servants, and an ass, and I shall run out unto the man of God, and I shall turn again (and then I shall return).