1Ki 17:21 | CPDV | STEP | And he stretched himself out beside the boy three times. And he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord, my God, let the soul of this boy, I beg you, return to his body.”

1 Kings 17:21

21 And he stretched himself out beside the boy three times. And he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord, my God, let the soul of this boy, I beg you, return to his body.” ^{▼▼17:21Literally, the text says that Elijah “measured” (mensus est), in other words, he stretched himself out beside or over the boy as one would stretch out a measuring line.(Conte)}