Melachim Alef 17:22

22 And Hashem heard the voice of Eliyahu; and the nefesh of the yeled returned to him again, and he came alive.

Melachim Alef 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.

Melachim Alef 17:22 In-Context

20 And he cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, hast thou even brought evil upon the almanah with whom I sojourn, by slaying her ben?

21 And he stretched himself upon the yeled shalosh p’amim, and cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, let this yeled’s nefesh return to him again.

22 And Hashem heard the voice of Eliyahu; and the nefesh of the yeled returned to him again, and he came alive.

23 And Eliyahu took the yeled, and brought him down out of the aliyyah into the bais, and delivered him unto his em; and Eliyahu said, Look! Thy ben liveth.

24 And the isha said to Eliyahu, Now by this I have da’as that thou art an Ish Elohim, and that the Devar Hashem in thy mouth is emes.