2-Kings - 4:20



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

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Differing Translations

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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until noon, and then he died.
And he carried him, and brought him to his mother; and he sat on her knees till noon, and died.
and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.
And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.
But when he had taken him, and he had led him to his mother, she placed him upon her knees, until midday, and then he died.

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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.

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