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A Real-World Tragedy
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill, Spurgeon) unanimously agree that the child's sudden affliction was a sunstroke. They note that this was a common and serious danger in Palestine, especially during the heat of the harvest season mentioned in the text. This detail grounds the subsequent miracle in a real-world, understandable tragedy.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 4:19
18th Century
Theologian
The child’s illness was a sunstroke. The inhabitants of Palestine suffered from this (Psalms 121:6; Isaiah 49:10).
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 4:19
19th Century
Bishop
My head, my head. —The boy had a sunstroke. It was the hot season of harvest, and his head was probably uncovered.
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 4:14–19
19th Century
Preacher
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said, Call her. And…
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 4:19
17th Century
Pastor
And he said unto his father, my head, my head After he had been some time with him, he complained of a pain in his head, …
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 4:18–37
17th Century
Minister
Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But …