2 Kings 4:19

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

2 Kings 4:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:19

And he said unto his father, my head, my head
After he had been some time with him, he complained of a pain in his head, which might be owing, as Abarbinel thinks, to the sun's beating upon it, being harvest time, and hot weather; and the pain being exceeding great and vehement, he repeated his complaint, see ( Jeremiah 4:19 )

and he said to a lad, carry him home to his mother;
his father gave orders to a lad that attended the reapers to have him home to his mother, that she might give him something to ease him of his pain.

2 Kings 4:19 In-Context

17 And the woman conceived , and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

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

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died .

21 And she went up , and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out .