1 Kings 17:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. ”

1 Kings 17:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elijah is Fed by Ravens, and Raises the Widow's Son. Elijah appeared suddenly: we hear nothing of his birth or parentage. He simply announced to Ahab, in the name of Yahweh, before whom I stand ( c...
1 Kings 17:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 343 THE WIDOW’S SON RAISED BY ELIJAH 1 Kings 17:22-23 . And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the chil...
1 Kings 17:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And the soul - נפש nephesh, of the child came into him again, על קרבו al kirbo, into the midst o...
1 Kings 17:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath The prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the prophetic figures of the OT. as...
1 Kings 17:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Life for the Dead 1 Kings 17:17-24 It must have been a severe trial to Elijah's faith, first to note the gradual diminishing of the brook; then the abject poverty of the woman to whom he wa...
1 Kings 17:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here began a new order, the prophetic. Of course there had been prophets before, but with the coming of Elijah the office was elevated to national importance. From this point onwards, in the economy...
1 Kings 17:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. (20) And he cried unto the LORD, and said,...
1 Kings 17:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
1 Kings 17:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. Ver. 22. And the Lord heard. ] The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availed much...
1 Kings 17:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The soul of the child came into him again The reader will easily observe, that this phraseology of the sacred historian, like that of the prophet in the former verse, (and they both spoke by inspir...
1 Kings 17:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIJAH PROPHESIES A DROUGHT (vs.1-7) Ahab was suddenly confronted by a prophet who had never been mentioned before, Elijah the Tishbite, the first prophet of God spoken of as arising from among...
1 Kings 17:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Widow's Child Raised to Life. B. C. 908. 17 And it came to pass after these things...
1 Kings 17:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 17:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Elijah Raises The Widow's Son To Life ( 1 Kings 17:17-24 ). In this final miracle God reveals His power of life and death. Sadly many people would have been dying in the area at the time because o...
1 Kings 17:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 17:17 . Fell sick … no breath left in him —This phrase does not absolutely imply death (comp. Daniel 10:17 ; also 1 Kings 10:17 ). Josephus renders t...
1 Kings 17:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 17:1 . Elijah the Tishbite. His parentage is not named, but the Jews call him a levite or a priest. He swore to Ahab in the name, not of Baal, but of Jehovah. As the Lord had promised cove...
1 Kings 17:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it came to pass after these things. The test of the home-life Many a man might bear himself as a hero and saint in the solitudes of Cherith, or on the heights of Carmel, and yet wretchedly...
1 Kings 17:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ELIJAH AND THE GREAT DROUGHT .—The picture which the historian has just drawn of the shameless idolatry and the gross degeneracy of the earlier part of Ahab's reign forms a f...
1 Kings 17:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Dead Boy Restored to Life
1 Kings 17:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:6 ; 2 Kings 13:21 ; Acts 20:12 ; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; John 11:43 ; John 5:28 ; John 5:29 ; Luke 8:54 ; Revelation 11:11 ; Romans 14:9
1 Kings 17:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jehovah-Jireh Selections from 1 Kings 17:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our God is the God who is enough. There is no good thing which He withholds from them who walk uprightly. Our God is able...
1 Kings 17:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Into him again — This plainly supposes the existence of the soul in a state of separation, and consequently its immortality: probably God might design by this miracle to give an evidence hereof, fo...

1 Kings 17:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Kings 17:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 17:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 17:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 17:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 17:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Kings 17:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes