2 Kings 4:18

The Shunammite's Son Raised

18 The child grew and one day went out to his father and the harvesters.

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, "At this time next year you will have a son in your arms." Then she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not deceive your servant."

17 The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time the following year, as Elisha had promised her.

18 The child grew and one day went out to his father and the harvesters.

19 [Suddenly], he complained to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.