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 he called to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought misery on the widow I’m staying with by killing her son?” 21Then Elijah stretched himself over the boy three times and called to the Lord, “Lord my God, please make this child’s life return to him.” The Lord heard Elijah’s request, and the child’s life returned to him. He was alive again. 23Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upstairs room of the house, and gave him to his mother. He said, “Look! Your son is alive.” 24The woman said to Elijah, “Now I’m convinced that you are a man of God and that the Lord’s word from your mouth is true.”

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 32:39See, I am the only God. There are no others. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal, and no one can rescue you from my power.
• 1 Samuel 2:6“The Lord kills, and he gives life. He makes ⌞people⌟ go down to the grave, and he raises them up ⌞again⌟.
• 2 Kings 13:21One day some people who were burying a man saw one of these raiding parties. So they quickly put the man into Elisha’s tomb. But when the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came back to life and stood up.
• Luke 8:54But Jesus took her hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
• John 5:28Don’t be surprised at what I’ve just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice,
• John 11:43After Jesus had said this, he shouted as loudly as he could, “Lazarus, come out!”
• Acts 20:12The people took the boy home. They were greatly relieved that he was alive.
• Romans 14:9For this reason Christ died and came back to life so that he would be the Lord of both the living and the dead.
• Revelation 11:11After 3½ days the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who watched them.

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