20 And he called to the Lord and said, “Lord, my God, have You also brought catastrophe upon the widow with whom I am [a]staying, by causing her son to die?” 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 [b]to him.” 22 And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah, (B)and the life of the boy returned [c]to him and he revived.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:20 Lit sojourning
  2. 1 Kings 17:21 Lit upon his inward part
  3. 1 Kings 17:22 Lit upon his inward part

20 Then he cried(A) out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” 21 Then he stretched(B) 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.

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