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.
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Gill's Exposition
And he cried unto the Lord,.... Or prayed unto him, as the Targum, with great vehemence and importunity:
and said, O Lord, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by…
Barnes' Notes
Into a loft - Rather, “into the upper chamber;” often the best apartment in an Eastern house.
We have here a further recompence made to the widow for her kindness to the prophet; as if it were a small thing to be kept alive, her son, when dead, is restored to life, and so restored to her.…
Cambridge Bible
And he took him out of her bosom Her arms were clasped about the dead boy. We need not understand the expression as of a child who was still young enough to be carried in the arms, though the prophet…