1 Kings 17:18

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee [Heb. what to me and thee. Same formula, 11:12 ; 2 Samuel 16:10 ; 2 Kings 3:13 ; Matthew 8:29 ; John 2:4 . It means, "What is there between us?" or practically, "What have I done?" "Is this the result of my association with thee? Must such sorrow befal me because thou art with me?" Bähr], O thou man of God? [This woman, if a Phoenician, was evidently familiar with the titles borne by the Hebrew prophets ( 1 Kings 12:22 ; 1 Kings 13:1-34 . passim ; 13:6 , 13:8 ). Nor is this to be wondered at. The intercourse between the two nations had been very considerable] art thou come unto me to call my sin [not necessarily any " special sin in her past life,"] to remembrance [her idea evidently is that the prophet by residing with her, seeing her life, etc; had become acquainted with her sinfulness, and had called it to the remembrance of the Almighty. She does not mean that he had recalled it to her mind, but that he had been the מִזְכִיר or remembrancer of God. Cf. Genesis 40:14 ; Ezekiel 21:28 ; Jeremiah 4:16 ] and to slay my son? [Observe, she does not speak of him as slain.]