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

20He cried out to Adonai and said, “Adonai my God, have You brought such evil even on the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?” 21Then he stretched himself upon the child three times. He cried out to Adonai and said, “Adonai my God, please let this child’s soul come back into his body!” Adonai listened to the cry of Elijah, so the soul of the child came back into his body and he was revived. 23Then Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. 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 in your mouth is truth.”

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 now that I, I am He! There are no other gods beside Me. I bring death and give life, I have wounded but I will heal, and none can rescue from My hand.’
• 1 Samuel 2:6Adonai causes death and makes alive, He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
• 2 Kings 13:21It came about, as they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, he came back to life and stood up on his feet!
• Luke 8:54But Yeshua, took her by the hand and called out, saying, “Child, get up!”
• John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
• John 11:43And when He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
• Acts 20:12So they took the boy away alive, greatly relieved.
• Romans 14:9For this reason Messiah died and lived again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Revelation 11:11But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet; and great fear fell on 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

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