1 Kings 17:21
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
Note stretched: Heb. measured
Note into…: Heb. into his inward parts
He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the Lord and said, “Lord my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.”
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- stretched himself
- Heb. measured himself.
- 2 Kings 4:33–35; Acts 10:10
- O Lord my God
- Acts 9:40; Hebrews 11:19