2 Kings 4:19 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:19

“My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

My head, my head!--The cries of the boy, the part affected, and the season of the year, make it probable that he had been overtaken by a stroke of the sun. Pain, stupor, and inflammatory fever are the symptoms of the disease, which is often fatal.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אָבִ֖יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
רֹאשִׁ֣י׀	ro.Shi	head my	H7218 →
רֹאשִׁ֑י	ro.Shi	head my	H7218 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַנַּ֔עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the servant	H5288 →
שָׂאֵ֖הוּ	sa.'E.hu	carry him	H5375 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אִמּֽוֹ׃	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →

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Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm…
leads to
- Habakkuk 3:16
  I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
- Isaiah 22:4
  Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 16:11
  Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- Jeremiah 9:1
  Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Isaiah 21:3
  Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings