1 Kings 17:22

Contextual Overview

¹⁷After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness got worse until he stopped breathing. ¹⁷ It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁷ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁷ After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁷ Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. He grew worse and worse and finally stopped breathing. ¹⁷ After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe. ¹⁷It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁷ Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his condition became very grave, until at the end he was no longer breathing. ¹⁷ And after these things, the sonne of the wife of the house fell sicke, and his sicknesse was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. ¹⁷Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

into him: Heb. into his inward parts

and he revived: Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:6, 2 Kings 13:21, Luke 8:54, John 5:28, John 5:29, John 11:43, Acts 20:12, Romans 14:9, Revelation 11:11

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:35 - and the child opened Acts 20:10 - and fell Hebrews 11:35 - Women

Cross-References

Genesis 17:3
Avram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,

Genesis 17:3
Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face [in worship], and God spoke with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Then Abram fell on his face, and God spoke with him, saying,

Genesis 17:3
Abram bowed with his face to the ground, and God said:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah,.... In prayer, and answered it:

and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived; this is the first instance of anyone being raised from the dead; this Satan has imitated; hence the many fabulous stories with the Heathens of persons being raised to life after death k.

k Vid. Huet. Alnetan. Quaest. l. 2. c. 12. sect. 30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 17:22. And the soul — נפש nephesh, of the child came into him again, על קרבו al kirbo, into the midst of him; and he revived, ויח vaiyechi, and he became alive. Did he not become alive from the circumstance of the immaterial principle coming again into him?

Although רוח ruach is sometimes put for the breath, yet נפש generally means the immortal spirit, and where it seems to refer to animal life alone, it is only such a life as is the immediate and necessary effect of the presence of the immortal spirit.

The words and mode of expression here appear to me a strong proof, not only of the existence of an immortal and immaterial spirit in man, but also that that spirit can and does exist in a separate state from the body. It is here represented as being in the midst of the child, like a spring in the centre of a machine, which gives motion to every part, and without which the whole would stand still.