The Bible in Its Traditions

1 Kings 17:20–22

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

20  And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, thou hast wrought evil for her in slaying her son.

20  And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, “O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?”

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21  And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto YHWH, and said: 'O YHWH my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come back into him.'

21  And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray thee, the soul of this child return to him.

21  Then he stretched himself upon the boy three times and cried to the LORD and said, O LORD my God, let this boy's soul return to him again.

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22  And YHWH hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived.

22  And it was so, and the child cried out,

22  And the Lord heeded the voice of Elijah. And the soul of the boy returned to him, and he revived.