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.
Elijah said to her, 'Give me your son.' He took the boy from her arms and carried him upstairs to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
Elijah took the widow's dead son from her arms and carried him to his room to pray over him.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of 1 Kings 17, the prophet Elijah was staying with a widow and her son in Zarephath during a severe drought that God had sent upon Israel as a judgment. When the widow's son became gravely ill and stopped breathing, Elijah took the boy from his mother and carried him to his own room upstairs, where he lived. This moment highlights Elijah's role as a faithful servant of God, intervening in human suffering through divine authority.
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