“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.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 17 contains 24 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.