1 Kings 17:19
in 1 Kings 17But 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
KJV
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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This verse in 1 Kings 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
carried him to the upper room
on 1 Kings 17:19-21
Elijah carries the boy to the upper room and prays “please let this boy’s life return to him”. He stretches himself over the child three times. Albert Barnes sets this apart from the method Elisha later uses, and compares the touch by which Jesus raised the dead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he said unto her, give me thy son, and he took him out of her bosom,.... Where she had laid him, mourning over him; from thence the prophet took him with her leave: and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed; an upper room, which was his bedchamber; hither he carried him, that he might be alone, and use the greater freedom both in his expressions and gestures.
Thus his story begins with judgments and miracles, designed to awaken that stupid generation that had to deeply corrupted themselves. 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the L ORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Into a loft - Rather, “into the upper chamber;” often the best apartment in an Eastern house.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יהָ | ʾeleiha | to her | H413 → | 5510 times |
| תְּנִֽי־ | teni- | give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִ֣י | li | to me | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵ֑ךְ | benekh | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ | vaiyikachehu | and he took him | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ | mecheikah | from bosom her | H2436 → | 38 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyaalehu | and he took up him | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה | haaliyah | the upper room | H5944 → | |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הוּא֙ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֣ב | yoshev | [was] dwelling | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֔ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ | vaiyashkivehu | and he made lie him | H7901 → | 212 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִטָּתֽוֹ׃ | mitato | bed his | H4296 → |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵלֶ֖יהָto her
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
תְּנִֽי־give
teni-H5414 →2011 times
לִ֣יto me
li
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵ֑ךְson your
benekhH1121 →4930 times
וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּand he took him
vaiyikachehuH3947 →966 times
מֵחֵיקָ֗הּfrom bosom her
mecheikahH2436 →38 times
וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙and he took up him
vaiyaalehuH5927 →890 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעֲלִיָּ֗הthe upper room
haaliyahH5944 →
אֲשֶׁר־where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הוּא֙he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יֹשֵׁ֣ב[was] dwelling
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֔םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּand he made lie him
vaiyashkivehuH7901 →212 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִטָּתֽוֹ׃bed his
mitatoH4296 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Kings 4:10Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
it leads to
- Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- Matthew 10:41–42
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
- Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
- Romans 12:13
Through
Acts 9:37At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
it leads to
Through
2 Kings 4:21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 4:32
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
- 2 Kings 4:32
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.