21 (A)Then 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 [a]to him.” 22 And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah, (B)and the life of the boy returned [b]to him and he revived. 23 Elijah 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:21 Lit upon his inward part
  2. 1 Kings 17:22 Lit upon his inward part

21 Then he stretched(A) himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother(B) and said, “Look, your son is alive!”

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