1 Kings 17:22

1 Kings 17:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived.

Context of 1 Kings 17:22

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!’ The Lord answered Elijah's prayer. The boy started to breathe again. He was alive! 23Elijah picked up the boy. He carried him down from his room into the house. He gave the boy to his mother and he said, ‘Look! Your son is alive!’ 24Then the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a servant of God. The words that you speak are truly a message from the Lord.’

1 Kings 17:22 word by word

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה בְּק֣וֹל אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַתָּ֧שָׁב נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֛לֶד עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ וַיֶּֽחִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• and the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• of the childיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• cameשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• into himקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• and he revivedחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421

Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:22

• Deuteronomy 32:39Realize the truth! I alone am God. There is no other god as well as me. I can kill and I can give life. I can hurt people and I can make them well again. Nobody can stop me doing what I choose to do.
• 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord gives both life and death. He sends some people to their graves, and he raises other people up.
• 2 Kings 13:21One day some Israelites were burying a man who had died. While they were doing that, they saw a group of fighters from Moab. So they quickly threw the dead body into Elisha's grave. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man became alive again! He jumped up and he stood there!
• Luke 8:54But Jesus went and held the child's hand. He said to her, ‘My child, get up.’
• John 5:28Do not be surprised by this. There will be a time when all the dead people will hear the Son's voice.
• John 11:43When Jesus had said this, he shouted with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’
• Acts 20:12The other believers took Eutychus to his home. They were very happy because he was alive.
• Romans 14:9Christ died and then he became alive again. That happened so that he could be the Lord of all people, those who have died and those who are still alive.
• Revelation 11:11But after three and a half days, God breathed life into those dead bodies. They stood up. The people who saw them were very afraid.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22And the soul - נפש nephesh, of the child came into him again, קרבו על al kirbo, into the midst of him; and he revived, ויח vaiyechi, and he became alive. Did he not become alive from the circumstance of the immaterial principle coming again into him? Although רוח ruach is sometimes put for the breath, yet נפש generally means the immortal spirit, and where it seems to refer to animal life alone, it is only such a life as is the immediate and necessary…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. 22-24The miracle of the child's resurrection rewarded Elijah's faith and confirmed the mother's trust in God's prophet. Her story suggests she put her faith in the Lord. Jesus mentioned her as an example of God's care for non-Israelites and to show that God's messengers are often more accepted by outsiders than by their own people (Luke 4:24–26). The Scriptures often highlight God's care for widows to show his concern for those in need (Exodus 22:21…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 17:22

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

In the dictionaries

• Elijah
• Ahab
• Dearth
• Prayer
• Quotations
• Revive
• Waste
• Botany
• Death
• Elam; Elamites

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