1 Kings 17:17

17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

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 she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

16 The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

19 And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.