1 Kings 17:23

“And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for 1 Kings 17:23

And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother: and Eliiah said, See, thy sonne liueth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.
- Basic English Bible

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.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.
- Darby Bible

And Elias took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber to the house below, and delivered him to his mother, and said to her: Behold thy son liveth.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
- English Revised Version

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, "Behold, your son lives."
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for 1 Kings 17:23

Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 17:23


17:21 Come into him - By which it is evident, that the soul was goneout of his body, this was a great request; but Elijah was encouraged tomake it; by his zeal for God's honour, and by the experience which he hadof his prevailing power with God in prayer.

17:22 Into him again - This plainly supposes the existence of the soulin a state of separation, and consequently its immortality: probablyGod might design by this miracle to give an evidence hereof, for theencouragement of his suffering people.


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