John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:18
And she said unto Elijah, what have I to do with thee, O thou man of God! .... As if she should say, it would have been well for me if I had never seen thy face, or had any conversation with thee; this she said rashly, and in her passion and agony, being extremely affected with the death of her child, which made her forget and overlook all the benefits she had received through the prophet's being with her: art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? to... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:17
And it came to pass after these things ,.... Not only after the conversation that passed between the prophet, and the widow, but after they had lived together many days, a year or years, upon the miraculous provision made for them: that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick ; that is, the son of the widow woman in whose house the prophet dwelt; the Jews say F8 Pirke Eliezer, c. 33. this woman was the mother of Jonah, and that he was this son of her's: and... read more