1 Rois 17:21

21 Et il s'étendit trois fois sur l'enfant, invoqua l'Eternel, et dit: Eternel, mon Dieu, je t'en prie, que l'âme de cet enfant revienne au dedans de lui!

1 Rois 17:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:21

And he stretched himself upon the child three times
Or "measured himself" ^F9 on it, or put himself into a posture in some respects equal to the child; putting his mouth on its mouth, his eyes on its eyes, his hands on its hands, as Elisha afterwards did in a like case, perhaps in imitation of him, ( 2 Kings 4:34 ) , thereby showing his great affection to the child, and in order to increase it the more, and to make him the more fervent and importunate in his prayers for its life; and hereby signifying also that he would if he could infuse his breath and life into it, and warm it with his own heat:

and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this
child's soul come into him again:
which shows that the child was really dead; and a proof this that the soul dies not with the body, but exists in a separate state without it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (ddmtyw) "et mensus est se", Pagninus, Montanus; "admensus se", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

1 Rois 17:21 In-Context

19 Il lui répondit: Donne-moi ton fils. Et il le prit du sein de la femme, le monta dans la chambre haute où il demeurait, et le coucha sur son lit.

20 Puis il invoqua l'Eternel, et dit: Eternel, mon Dieu, est-ce que tu affligerais, au point de faire mourir son fils, même cette veuve chez qui j'ai été reçu comme un hôte?

21 Et il s'étendit trois fois sur l'enfant, invoqua l'Eternel, et dit: Eternel, mon Dieu, je t'en prie, que l'âme de cet enfant revienne au dedans de lui!

22 L'Eternel écouta la voix d'Elie, et l'âme de l'enfant revint au dedans de lui, et il fut rendu à la vie.

23 Elie prit l'enfant, le descendit de la chambre haute dans la maison, et le donna à sa mère. Et Elie dit: Vois, ton fils est vivant.