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

17Some time after that, the widow's son became ill. He became very ill until he could no longer breathe. 18The woman said to Elijah, ‘Servant of God, why have you come to hurt me like this? Did you come to kill my son so that I would remember all my sins?’ Elijah replied, ‘Give your son to me.’ He took her son from her arms. He carried the boy upstairs, to the room where he was staying. He put the boy down to lie on his bed. 20Then Elijah prayed to the Lord, ‘Lord, my God! Why have you caused such bad trouble to happen to this kind widow? I came to stay with her and now you have killed her son!’ 21Then Elijah lay with his body across the boy. He did that three times. He prayed to the Lord, ‘Lord, my God, please cause this boy's life to 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 4:10We should make a small room on the roof of our house for him. We can put a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp in the room. Then, when he comes to visit us, he can stay there.’
• Acts 9:37Dorcas became very ill and then she died. Women washed her body and they put it in a room upstairs.

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