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 became very severe until no breath remained in him. ^w18She said to Elijah, “Man of God, ^xwhat do we have in common? ^yHave you come to remind me of my guilt ^zand to kill my son?”

¹⁹But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room ^awhere he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. ²⁰Then he cried out to the Lord ^band said, “My Lord 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. ^cHe cried out to the Lord and said, “My Lord God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

²²So the Lord listened to Elijah’s voice, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. ^d23Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. ^eElijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”

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