20When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.


In Context

17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.

18 When the child was grown, it happened one day that he went out to his father to the reapers.

19 He said to his father, |My head! My head!| He said to his servant, |Carry him to his mother.|

20 When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

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

22 She called to her husband, and said, |Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.|

2 Kings 4:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:20After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until noon, and then he died.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And he carried him, and brought him to his mother; and he sat on her knees till noon, and died.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:20and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.