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2 Kings 4:19

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And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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  1. Jeremiah 4:19Rank 1 from verse 19
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    19¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

  2. Job 14:1–2Rank 2 from verse 19
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    1MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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2 Kings 4:19

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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lad

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A boy, youth, young male, or younger male servant or attendant.

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carry

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To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

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18¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

19And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

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20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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