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1 Kings 17:22

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22 The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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1 Kings 17:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
ESV
22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
NLT
22 The LORD heard Elijah’s prayer, and the life of the child returned, and he revived!
MSG
22 God listened to Elijah's prayer and put breath back into his body - he was alive!
CSB
22 So the Lord listened to Elijah's voice, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:22

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah
In prayer, and answered it:

and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived;
this is the first instance of anyone being raised from the dead; this Satan has imitated; hence the many fabulous stories with the Heathens of persons being raised to life after death F11.

FOOTNOTES:

F11 Vid. Huet. Alnetan. Quaest. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 30.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 In-Context

20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”
21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, “LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
22 The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”
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