1 Kings 17:19

1 Kings 17:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
• New International Version (NIV)“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

Context of 1 Kings 17:19

17It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18So she said to Elijah, “What [problem] is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to mind and to put my son to death?” He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her arms and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed. 20He called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You brought further tragedy to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?” 21Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times, and called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”

1 Kings 17:19 word by word

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלֶ֖יהָ תְּנִֽי־לִ֣י אֶת־בְּנֵ֑ךְ וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her, Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• me thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• And he tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• him out of her bosomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: embraceH2436
• and carried him upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• into a loftעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944
• where he abodeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• him upon his own bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296

Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:19

• 2 Kings 4:10Please, let us make a small, fully-walled upper room [on the housetop] and put a bed there for him, with a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then whenever he comes to visit us, he can turn in there.”
• Acts 9:37During that time it happened that she became sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upstairs room.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Into a loft - Rather, “into the upper chamber;” often the best apartment in an Eastern house.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 Neither faith nor obedience shut out afflictions and death. The child being dead, the mother spake to the prophet, rather to give vent to her sorrow, than in hope of relief. When God removes our comforts from us, he remembers our sins against us, perhaps the sins of our youth, though long since past. When God remembers our sins against us, he designs to teach us to remember them against ourselves, and to repent of them. Elijah's prayer was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19In ancient Near Eastern culture, Elijah likely stayed in a separate room with an outside stairway. This setup protected the woman's reputation and gave Elijah some privacy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2417-24. the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick--A severe domestic calamity seems to have led her to think that, as God had shut up heaven upon a sinful land in consequence of the prophet, she was suffering on a similar account. Without answering her bitter upbraiding, the prophet takes the child, lays it on his bed, and after a very earnest prayer, had the happiness of seeing its restoration, and along with it, gladness to the widow's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 17:19

• Children
• Dead (People)
• Elijah
• Hospitality
• House
• Miracles
• Poor
• Women
• Zarephath

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Dearth
• Dwellings
• Elijah
• Quotations
• Revive
• Waste
• Botany
• Elam; Elamites
• Elisha

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings