1 Kings 17:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the Lord gave ear to the voice of Elijah, and the child's spirit came into him again, and he came back to life.

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  • Deut 32:39 : 39 See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.
  • 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.
  • 2 Kgs 13:21 : 21 And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.
  • Luke 8:54 : 54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.
  • John 5:28-29 : 28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, 29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
  • John 11:43 : 43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
  • Acts 20:12 : 12 And they took the boy in, living, and were greatly comforted.
  • Rom 14:9 : 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
  • Rev 11:11 : 11 And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.

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  • 1 Kgs 17:17-21
    5 verses
    90%

    17Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

    18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

    19And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

    20And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

    21And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

  • 1 Kgs 17:23-24
    2 verses
    88%

    23And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

    24Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.

  • 2 Kgs 4:30-37
    8 verses
    77%

    30But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

    31And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

    32And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.

    33So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

    34Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm.

    35Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.

    36And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.

    37And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

  • 2 Kgs 13:21
    73%

    21And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17-20
    4 verses
    72%

    17Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.

    18Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

    19And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

    20And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    71%

    2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
    70%

    8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    70%

    13Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

  • 2 Kgs 8:5
    70%

    5And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

  • 2 Kgs 1:17
    70%

    17So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • Luke 7:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

    15And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

  • 2 Sam 12:22
    69%

    22And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

  • 1 Kgs 21:17
    68%

    17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    68%

    15Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-15
    3 verses
    68%

    13Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

    15And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:37
    68%

    37Give me an answer, O Lord, give me an answer, so that this people may see that you are God, and that you have made their hearts come back again.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    67%

    4Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    67%

    30Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    67%

    28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 2:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a great wind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

    2And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
    67%

    6Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.

  • John 4:51
    67%

    51And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    67%

    12Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
    67%

    9And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 2:22
    67%

    22And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.

  • 1 Kgs 17:13
    67%

    13And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

  • 2 Sam 14:11
    67%

    11Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

  • Luke 8:55
    67%

    55And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    66%

    13And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kgs 3:21
    66%

    21And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.