1 Kings 17:23

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.

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thy son liveth: 2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 4:37, Luke 7:15, Acts 9:41, Hebrews 11:35

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:1 - See Luke 7:12 - the only Luke 9:42 - and delivered John 4:51 - Thy

Cross-References

Genesis 17:2
I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
so that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
I will make an agreement between us, and I will make you the ancestor of many people."

Genesis 17:2
Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants."

Genesis 17:2
"I will establish My covenant (everlasting promise) between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly [through your descendants]."

Genesis 17:2
"I will make My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:2
so that I may confirm My covenant between Me and you,And that I may multiply you exceedingly."

Genesis 17:2
I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,.... Being come to life, he took it off of the bed in his bedchamber, and brought it down to the lower part of the house, where the woman was:

and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, see, thy son liveth; which no doubt was to her great surprise, and was a wonderful instance of divine power and goodness, and to which the apostle may have respect, Hebrews 11:35, Bunting l says, the inhabitants of this place now take upon them to show the chamber wherein the prophet Elias lived, when he raised the widow's child to life.

l Travels, &c. p. 205.