1 Kings 17:22

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
heard	וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע vai.yish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
voice	בְּק֣וֹל be.Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Elijah	אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ 'e.li.Ya.hu	H452	Elijah · proper noun, a man's name
soul	נֶֽפֶשׁ ne.fesh-	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
child	הַיֶּ֛לֶד hai.Ye.led	H3206	something born · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	וַתָּ֧שָׁב va.Ta.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
him	קִרְבּ֖וֹ kir.Bo	H7130	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
again	שׁוּב shûwb	H7725	to turn back (hence
revived	וַיֶּֽחִי vai.Ye.chi	H2421	to live · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can del…
Revelation 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon the…
John 5:28-29 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurre…
1 Samuel 2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
2 Kings 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha:…
John 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:17–end

We have here a further recompence made to the widow for her kindness to the prophet; as if it were a small thing to be kept alive, her son, when dead, is restored to life, and so restored to her. Observe, I. The sickness and death of the child. For aught that appears he was her only son, the comfort of her widowed estate. He was fed miraculously, and yet that did not secure him from sickness and death. Your fathers did eat manna, and are dead, but there is bread of which a man may eat and not die, which was given for the life of the world, Joh 6:49, Joh 6:50. The affliction was to this widow as a thorn in the flesh, lest she should be lifted up above measure with the favours that were done h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:17

HE RAISES HER SON TO LIFE. (Kg1 17:17-24) 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 heart and home. The prophet was sent to this widow, not merely for his own security, but on account of her faith, to strengthen and promote which he was directed to go to her rather than to many widows in I…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 17:22

And the soul - נפש nephesh, of the child came into him again, על קרבו 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 effect of the presence of the immortal spirit. The words and mode of expression here appear to me a strong proof, not only of the existence of an immortal and immaterial spirit in man, but also that that spirit can and does exist in a separate s…

The Church Fathers

As we mentioned, that widow prefigured the church, and her son was a type of the Gentiles. The son of the widow lay dead because the son of the church, that is, the Gentiles, was dead because of many sins and offenses. At the prayer of Elijah, the widow's son was revived; at the coming of Christ, the church's son or the Christian people were brought back from the prison of death. Elijah bent down in prayer, and the widow's son was revived; Christ sank down in his passion, and the Christian people were brought back to life. Why blessed Elijah bent down three times to arouse the boy I believe that the understanding of your charity has grasped even before I say it. In the fact that he bowed three times is shown the mystery of the Trinity. Not only the Father without the Son, nor the Father and Son without the Holy Spirit, but the whole Trinity restored the widow's son or the Gentiles to life. Moreover, this is further demonstrated in the sacrament of baptism, for the old person is plunged in the water three times, in order that the new person may merit to rise. - "Sermon 124.4"
— Caesarius of Arles,

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Dictionary and topics

Dearth — A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a “famine in the land” (Gen. 12:10), so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Dead (People) · .The — .The
Dead, The · Instances of, restored to life before Christ — Instances of, restored to life before Christ
Hospitality · .The widow of Zarephath to Elijah — .The widow of Zarephath to Elijah
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Elijah: A child restored to life — Elijah: A child restored to life
Zarephath · Elijah performs two miracles in — Elijah performs two miracles in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 17:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 17:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 17:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 17:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Kings 17:22

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 17:17–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 17:22-24

Rashi on 1 Kings 17:21