2 Kings 4:19 - Exposition

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. Sunstroke was common in Palestine ( Psalms 121:6 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Judith 8:2, 3), and would be most frequent and most fatal at the time of harvest. The cry of the child is at once most touching and most natural. And he said to a lad ; literally, to the lad-probably the lad who had attended the" young master" to the field. Carry him to his mother ; i.e. take him indoors, and let his mother see to him. No wiser directions could have been given.