Graphic Bible · Scene 12 of 13

Elijah stretches over the boy three times and prays; the child lives.
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1 Kings 17:21-22

The boy’s life returns

Elijah in the Drought · 1 Kings 17

Story guide: Elijah stretches himself over the child as he prays, and the boy's life returns. The upper-room setting and the faces are not described in the passage.

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21Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times, and he cried out to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, please let this boy’s life return to him.”

22And Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to his inner being, and he lived.

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