2 Kings 4:18

Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son

18 The child grew older, and it happened one day that he went out to his father [and] 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 And he said, "At this time {next spring}, you [will be] embracing a son." She said, "No, my lord, [O] man of God! You must not tell a lie to your servant!"

17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son {in the spring}, which Elisha had promised to her.

18 The child grew older, and it happened one day that he went out to his father [and] to the reapers.

19 Then he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to the servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 So they carried him and brought him to his mother; he sat on her lap until noon and then died.