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1 Kings 17:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? "

1 Kings 17:20

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18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

21 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.

22 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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1 Kings 17:1

"And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

1 Kings 17:2

"And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,"

1 Kings 17:3

"Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."

1 Kings 17:4

"And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."

1 Kings 17:5

"So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."

1 Kings 17:6

"And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook."
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