17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. |
18 She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?" |
19 "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. |
20 Then he cried out to the LORD , "O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?" |
21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD , "O LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!" |
22 The LORD heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived. |
23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!" |
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth." |
