2 Kings 4:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 4:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 4:18 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 4:18 — KJV
“And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.”
— 2 Kings 4:18 (KJV)
2 Kings 4:18 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 4:18
“And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:18: child, day, father
“Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:18: grown, went, father
“And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:18: fell, went, father
“And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:18: grown, day, went
“And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:18: fell, day, went
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