Graphic Bible · Scene 11 of 13

Elijah takes the child to his upper room, lays him on his bed and cries to Yahweh.
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1 Kings 17:19-20

Elijah carries the boy upstairs

Elijah in the Drought · 1 Kings 17

Story guide: Elijah carries the widow's lifeless son up to his room and lays him on the bed, then prays aloud.

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19He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her lap, carried him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

20Then he cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, have you brought harm even on the widow with whom I am staying by causing her son to die?”

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