1 Kings 17:21

21 1Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life[a] come into him again."

1 Kings 17:21 In-Context

19 And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.
20 And he cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?"
21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again."
22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives."

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 4:34, 35; Acts 20:10

Footnotes 1

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