1 Kings 17:23
in 1 Kings 17Then 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the child’s life returned to him
on 1 Kings 17:22-24
John Gill calls this the first account in Scripture of the dead raised to life. The woman confesses that he is “a man of God” and that “the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth”. The same word shut the rain at verse 1.
This site's exposition
gave him to his mother
Elijah carries the boy down from the upper room himself and hands him to his mother. Luke 7:15 closes the raising of the widow's son at Nain the same way, when Jesus gave him back to his mother. Hebrews 11:35 remembers women who received back their dead.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,....
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 words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֨ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ | ʾeliyahu | Elijah | H452 → | 71 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיֶּ֗לֶד | haiyeled | the lad | H3206 → | 89 times |
| וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ | vaiyoridehu | and he brought down him | H3381 → | 381 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָעֲלִיָּה֙ | haaliyah | the upper room | H5944 → | |
| הַבַּ֔יְתָה | habaytah | the house towards | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ | vaiyitenehu | and he gave him | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְאִמּ֑וֹ | leimo | to mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ | ʾeliyahu | Elijah | H452 → | 71 times |
| רְאִ֖י | rei | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| חַ֥י | chai | [is] alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| בְּנֵֽךְ׃ | benekh | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
וַיִּקַּ֨חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֵלִיָּ֜הוּElijah
ʾeliyahuH452 →71 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיֶּ֗לֶדthe lad
haiyeledH3206 →89 times
וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּand he brought down him
vaiyoridehuH3381 →381 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָעֲלִיָּה֙the upper room
haaliyahH5944 →
הַבַּ֔יְתָהthe house towards
habaytahH1004 →2046 times
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּand he gave him
vaiyitenehuH5414 →2011 times
לְאִמּ֑וֹto mother his
leimoH517 →220 times
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּElijah
ʾeliyahuH452 →71 times
רְאִ֖יsee
reiH7200 →1300 times
חַ֥י[is] alive
chaiH2416 →498 times
בְּנֵֽךְ׃son your
benekhH1121 →4930 times
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
Hebrews 11:35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 17:22–24
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
- 2 Kings 4:27–37
When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul…
- Philippians 3:11
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- Acts 9:41
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
- Acts 24:15
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
- 1 Kings 17:22–24
Through
Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
it leads to
- Mark 1:31
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
- Acts 6:1
In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
- Mark 1:31
Through
Luke 7:15And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of…
- 2 Kings 13:21
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.