1 Kings 17:17

17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. He grew worse and worse and finally stopped breathing.

1 Kings 17:17 Meaning and 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 this woman was the mother of Jonah, and that he was this son of her's:

and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him:
it was a sickness unto death, it issued in it; for that he was really dead appears from all that follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Pirke Eliezer, c. 33.

1 Kings 17:17 In-Context

15 So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And the woman and her son and Elijah had enough food every day.

16 The jar of flour and the jug of oil were never empty, just as the Lord, through Elijah, had promised.

17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. He grew worse and worse and finally stopped breathing.

18 The woman said to Elijah, "Man of God, what have you done to me? Did you come here to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?"

19 Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." Elijah took the boy from her, carried him upstairs, and laid him on the bed in the room where he was staying.