1 Kings 17:17–24

THE WIDOW’S SON RAISED

¹⁷After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness got worse until he stopped breathing.^{x 18}She said to Elijah, “Man of God,^y what do you have against me?^z Have you come to call attention to my iniquity^aa so that my son is put to death?”

¹⁹But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upstairs room^ab where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. ²⁰Then he cried out to the Lord^ac and said, “Lord my God, have you also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son?” ²¹Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times.^ad He cried out to the Lord and said, “Lord my God, please let this boy’s life come into him again!”

²²So the Lord listened to Elijah, and the boy’s life came into him again, and he lived.^{ae 23}Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother.^a Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”

²⁴Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know you are a man of God^b and the Lord’s word from your mouth is true.”^c