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19 He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father[a] told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap[b] until noon and then died. 21 She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s[c] bed. She shut the door behind her and left.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:19 tn Heb “He”; the referent (the boy’s father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 4:20 tn Heb “knees.”
  3. 2 Kings 4:21 tn Heb “man of God’s.”