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The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary series provides up-to-date, evangelical scholarship on Scripture. This volume is designed to equip pastors and Christian leaders with exegetical and theological knowledge to better understand and apply God’s Word by presenting the message of each passage as well as an overview of other issues surrounding the text. The commentary has been structured to help...

17:22 The LORD heard. The verb used in this phrase, wayyishma’ [TH8085, ZH9048] yhwh beqol (Yahweh listened to the voice [of Elijah]) often means “to obey,” when used of human subjects; hence Yahweh “hearkened unto” or, as it were, “obeyed” Elijah’s plea for the child’s resurrection. 17:23 upper room. The same term ‘aliyyah [TH5944, ZH6608] is used in 17:19 (NLT, “up the stairs to the room where he was staying”); here we find another parallel to the story about the Shunammite and Elisha in 2
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