And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant: Take him, and carry him to his mother.

and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

he said to his father: "I have a pain in my head. I have a pain in my head." But he said to his servant, "Take him, and lead him to his mother."

The child's malady was a sunstroke. The inhabitants of Palestine suffered from this (Psalm 121:6; Isaiah 49:10; Judith 8:3).

My head, my head - Probably affected by the coup de soleil, or sun stroke, which might, in so young a subject, soon occasion death, especially in that hot country.

And he said unto his father, (m) My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
(m) His head was hurt badly and therefore he cried.

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, which might be owing, as Abarbinel thinks, to the sun's beating upon it, being harvest time, and hot weather; and the pain being exceeding great and vehement, he repeated his complaint, see Jeremiah 4:19.
and he said to a lad, carry him home to his mother; his father gave orders to a lad that attended the reapers to have him home to his mother, that she might give him something to ease him of his pain.

RAISES HER DEAD SON. (2Ki. 4:18-37)
My head, my head!--The cries of the boy, the part affected, and the season of the year, make it probable that he had been overtaken by a stroke of the sun. Pain, stupor, and inflammatory fever are the symptoms of the disease, which is often fatal.