1 Kings 17:22

22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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 He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

21 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again.

22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.

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