2 Kings 4:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:1-2 : 1 As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble. 2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
  • Jer 4:19 : 19 My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

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  • 18Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

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    20And 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.

    21Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

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    17Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

    18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

    19And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

    20And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

    21And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

    22And the Lord gave ear to the voice of Elijah, and the child's spirit came into him again, and he came back to life.

    23And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

  • Gen 44:28-31
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    28The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him,

    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

    31When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld.

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    36And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.

    37And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

  • 34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

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    29Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

    30But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

    31And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

    32And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.

  • 28And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

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    20And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

    21And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

  • 4But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

  • 13And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.

  • 20And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

  • 25And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

  • 22And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

  • 18And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?

  • Gen 44:20-22
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    20And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father.

    21And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

    22And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death.

  • 28And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

  • 35And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

  • 3For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

  • 34Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

    7And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

  • 16And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

  • 18And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

  • 33Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  • 11And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

  • 19Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • 11Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.