1 Kings 17:11
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And as she was going to fetch it,- For she saw, by his garment, and by his majestic bearing, that he was a messenger of God: “As she was going to fetch it,” —
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1 Kings 17:11-12
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. It was such a little...
1 Kings 17:12
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth,.... Which shows her to be a good woman, swearing by the living God, and him only, and that she took Elijah to be a good man, and a prophet of the Lord: I have not a cake; greater or less, not a morsel of bread in the house: but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; these separate and...
1 Kings 17:13
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Elijah said unto her, fear not,.... That she and her son should die, it would not be the case: go and do as thou hast said: mix her meal and her oil, and make a cake thereof, and bake it: but make thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son: which was not said from a selfish spirit of the prophet,...
1 Kings 17:13
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. What a trial for her faith! This stranger must have the first portion of her last meal; yet she had faith enough to obey his word.
1 Kings 17:14
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thus saith the Lord God of Israel,.... Whom the prophet perceived she had knowledge of, and faith in: the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail; that is, the meal in the barrel, and the oil in the cruse, by an hypallage, or change of words: until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth; which was...
1 Kings 17:14-15
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the Saying of Elijah: Faith is blessedly contagious. God, by his Spirit can make the faith of one to beget faith in others. This woman learns,...
1 Kings 17:15
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah,..... Made a cake for him first, and brought it to him, which showed great faith in the word of the Lord by him: and she, and he, and her house, did eat; many days, a year at least, if not two years, see 1 Kings 17:7 the widow, the prophet, and her family, lived upon the meal and oil so long;...
1 Kings 17:15-18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. 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...
1 Kings 17:16
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah. There being a continual increase and supply of both, through the mighty power of God working a continued miracle; just as the loaves and fishes were increased while the disciples were eating, Matthew 14:19.
1 Kings 17:17
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
1 Kings 17:18
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
1 Kings 17:19
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto her, give me thy son, and he took him out of her bosom,.... Where she had laid him, mourning over him; from thence the prophet took him with her leave: and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed; an upper room, which was his bedchamber; hither he carried him, that he might be alone, and use the...
1 Kings 17:19-20
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son! The words of the woman had touched his heart, and perhaps he...
1 Kings 17:20
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he cried unto the Lord,.... Or prayed unto him, as the Targum, with great vehemence and importunity: and said, O Lord, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? he pleads his interest in the Lord, and makes use of it as an argument with him to hear his prayer; he observes the character and...
1 Kings 17:21
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he stretched himself upon the child three times,.... Or "measured himself" (i) on it, or put himself into a posture in some respects equal to the child; putting his mouth on its mouth, his eyes on its eyes, his hands on its hands, as Elisha afterwards did in a like case, perhaps in imitation of him, 2 Kings 4:34, thereby showing his great...
1 Kings 17:21
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again. This was splendid faith on the part of the prophet. Nobody had ever prayed before for the restoration of one who was dead; no one had ever attempted to work such a miracle as this; but...
1 Kings 17:22
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah,.... In prayer, and answered it: and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived; this is the first instance of anyone being raised from the dead; this Satan has imitated; hence the many fabulous stories with the Heathens of persons being raised to life after death (k). (k) Vid. Huet. Alnetan....
1 Kings 17:22-23
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. Elijah was never a man of many words; he was a prophet mighty in deeds; he said little,...
1 Kings 17:23
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house,.... Being come to life, he took it off of the bed in his bedchamber, and brought it down to the lower part of the house, where the woman was: and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, see, thy son liveth; which no doubt was to her great surprise, and was a...