2 Kings 4:20

20 The servant took him to his mother, and he lay on his mother's lap until noon. 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 The boy grew up and one day went out to his father, who was with the grain harvesters.

19 The boy said to his father, "My head! My head!" The father said to his servant, "Take him to his mother!"

20 The servant took him to his mother, and he lay on his mother's lap until noon. Then he died.

21 So she took him up and laid him on Elisha's bed. Then she shut the door and left.

22 She called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys. Then I can go quickly to the man of God and return."