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1 Kings 17:21

PrayerDeath and lossMiracles and God's intervention

19 But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

23 Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

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BSB
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
KJV
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
WEB
He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.”
ASV
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child`s soul come into him again.
DARBY
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again!
BLB
And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and he cried out to YHWH and said, “O YHWH my God, let come back, please, the soul of this child into his midst.”
ÅB
Så strakte han seg tre ganger bortover barnet og ropte til Herren og sa: Herre min Gud! La dette barns sjel vende tilbake til det!
OTB
Så strakte han seg ut over gutten tre ganger, og ropte til Herren og sa: "Å Herre min Gud, la denne guttens liv vende tilbake til ham."
B1930
Så strakte han sig tre ganger bortover barnet og ropte til Herren og sa: Herre min Gud! La dette barns sjel vende tilbake til det!

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Cross references

  • Acts 20:10

    But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

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  • Acts 9:40

    Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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  • 2 Kings 4:33–35

    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

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  • Hebrews 11:19

    Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

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  • Acts 10:10

    He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

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