Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Stretched himself upon the child three times - It is supposed that he did this in order to communicate some natural warmth to the body of the child, in order to dispose it to receive the departed spirit. Elisha, his disciple, did the same in order to restore the dead child of the Shunammite, II Kings 4:34. And St. Paul appears to have stretched himself on Eutychus in order to restore him to life, Acts 20:10.
Let this child ' s soul come into him again - Surely this means no more than the breath. Though the word nephesh may sometimes signify the life, yet does not this imply that the spirit must take possession of the body in order to produce and maintain the flame of animal life? The expressions here are singular: Let his soul, nephesh , come into him, al kirbo , into the midst of him.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Kings 17:21:
Hebrews 11:35
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