New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Kings 17:22
22And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah, 1and the life of the boy returned 2to him and he revived.
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
20And he called to the Lord and said, “Lord, my God, have You also brought catastrophe upon the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?” 21Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times, and called to the Lord and said, “Lord, my God, please, let this boy’s life return to him.” And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life of the boy returned to him and he revived. 23Elijah then took the boy and brought him down from the upstairs room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, “See, your son is alive.” 24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
Read all of 1 Kings 171 Kings 17:22 word by word
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה בְּק֣וֹל אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַתָּ֧שָׁב נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֛לֶד עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ וַיֶּֽחִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:22
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
- 2 Kings 13:21And as they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they threw the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.
- Luke 8:54He, however, took her by the hand and spoke forcefully, saying, “Child, arise!”
- John 5:28Do not be amazed at this; for a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
- John 11:43And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
- Acts 20:12They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted.
- Romans 14:9For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
- Revelation 11:11And after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching 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
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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
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