1 Kings 17:22

22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned within 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Vid. Huet. Alnetan. Quaest. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 30.

1 Kings 17:22 In-Context

20 Then he called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, are you also causing evil to come upon the widow with whom I [am] dwelling as an alien by causing her son to die?"

21 He stretched himself out on the child three times and called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, please let the life of this child return within him."

22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned within him, and he lived.

23 Elijah then took the child and brought him down from the upper room to the house and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, "Look, your son [is] alive."

24 Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now this I know, that you [are] a man of God and the word of Yahweh in your mouth [is] truth."