2 Kings 4:19-20

4:19 He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father ¹  told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 4:20 So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap ²  until noon and then died.

2 Kings 4:30

4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha ³  got up and followed her back.

¹ tn Heb “He”; the referent (the boy’s father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “knees.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.