2 Kings 4:20

Good News Translation

The servant carried the boy back to his mother, who held him in her lap until noon, at which time he died.

Cross References

Genesis 22:2

“Take your son,” God said, “your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me.”

Genesis 37:3

Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.

Genesis 37:5

One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.

1 Kings 17:17

Some time later the widow's son got sick; he got worse and worse, and finally he died.

2 Kings 4:19

Suddenly he cried out to his father, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” “Carry the boy to his mother,” the father said to a servant.

2 Kings 4:21

She carried him up to Elisha's room, put him on the bed and left, closing the door behind her.

Isaiah 49:15

So the Lord answers, “Can a woman forget her own baby and not love the child she bore? Even if a mother should forget her child, I will never forget you.

Isaiah 66:13

I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child.

Luke 2:35

and so reveal their secret thoughts. And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will break your own heart.”

Luke 7:12

Just as he arrived at the gate of the town, a funeral procession was coming out. The dead man was the only son of a woman who was a widow, and a large crowd from the town was with her.

John 11:14

So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

John 11:3

The sisters sent Jesus a message: “Lord, your dear friend is sick.”

John 11:5

Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.