The woman carried the body of her son to Elisha’s room and laid it on the bed (verse 21). One day, while Elisha was at Mount Carmel, the couple’s young son died. Elisha regularly stayed in Shunem in an upper room prepared for him by this woman and her husband.

The prophet Elisha raised the Shunammite woman’s son from the dead. The Shunammite woman’s son (2 Kings 4:18–37). The prophet brought the boy to his mother, who was filled with faith in the power of God through Elijah: “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth” (verse 24). Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times as he prayed, and “the Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived” (verse 22). Elijah took the dead boy from her arms, went to the upper room, and prayed, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” (verse 21). In her grief, the woman brought the body of her son to Elijah with the assumption that his presence in her household had brought about the death of her boy as a judgment on her past sin. While he was there, the widow’s son became ill and died. Elijah was staying in an upper room of the widow’s house during a severe drought in the land.

Elijah the prophet raised the widow of Zarephath’s son from the dead. The widow of Zarephath’s son (1 Kings 17:17–24). The following people were raised from the dead in the Bible: Every time a person is raised from the dead, it is a stupendous miracle, showing that the God who is Himself the Source of Life has the ability to give life to whom He will-even after death.

The Bible records several accounts of people being raised from the dead.

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