And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the child was grown,.... Perhaps was six or seven years of age, or more:
it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers; it was harvest time, and the men were reaping the…
Adam Clarke
When the child was grown - We know not of what age he was, very likely four or six, if not more years; for he could go out to the reapers in the harvest field, converse, etc.
We may well suppose that, after the birth of this son, the prophet was doubly welcome to the good Shunammite. He had thought himself indebted to her, but henceforth, as long as she lives, she will…
Cambridge Bible
The child of the Shunammite dies, and is restored to life by Elisha (Not in Chronicles)
18. And when the child was grown During the years which had elapsed since the birth of the child the journeys of…