2 Kings 4:18
in 2 Kings 4And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
KJV
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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This verse in 2 Kings 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
went out to his father
on 2 Kings 4:18-20
The boy is old enough to walk out to the reapers but not to survive what strikes him there; his cry, my head, my head, and the swift collapse by noon read to the commentators as sunstroke in the harvest heat, though the text itself names no cause. A servant carries him to his mother rather than to his father, and the chapter gives her the body without a word of explanation, a silence it will not break until Elisha himself asks.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her," but after a few years, the child died. His mother placed the corpse on the bed of the prophet in the high room of her house …
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
When the child was grown - We know not of what age he was, very likely four or six, if not more years; for he could go out to the reapers in the harvest field, converse, etc.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל | vaiyigdal | and he grew up | H1431 → | |
| הַיָּ֑לֶד | haiyaled | the child | H3206 → | 89 times |
| וַיְהִ֣י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אָבִ֖יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַקֹּצְרִֽים׃ | hakotzerim | the harvesters | H7114 → |
וַיִּגְדַּ֖לand he grew up
vaiyigdalH1431 →
הַיָּ֑לֶדthe child
haiyaledH3206 →89 times
וַיְהִ֣יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אָבִ֖יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַקֹּצְרִֽים׃the harvesters
hakotzerimH7114 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ruth 2:4Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
it leads to
- Psalms 129:7–8
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
- Judges 6:12
And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
- Luke 1:28
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
- 2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- Psalms 129:7–8
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 4:17; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.