And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Adam Clarke
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…
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 the Lord heard[R.V. hearkened unto] the voice of Elijah This is the more usual rendering of the verb followed by a preposition as here. Instead of this verse the LXX. (Vat.) has -and it was so,…
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