And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
The child dies though fed by miracle, and the widow loses her only comfort in widowhood. Mark this: even when we serve God faithfully and receive His clearest favours, sharp afflictions come. Our mountain never stands so strong but it may be moved; therefore rejoice with trembling always in this world.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Kings 17:17-24
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...
HE RAISES HER SON TO LIFE. (Kg1 17:17-24) the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick--A severe domestic calamity seems to have led her to think that, as God had shut up heaven upon a sinful land in consequence of the prophet, she was suffering on a similar account.