2 Kings 4:20
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he sat on her knees till noon The attack was in the early part of the day, when the oblique rays of the sun appear to be most dangerous. The mother's affection shews itself in her unbroken attention.
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