1 Kings 17:20
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?
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Gill's Exposition
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…
We have here a further recompence made to the widow for her kindness to the prophet; as if it were a small thing to be kept alive, her son, when dead, is restored to life, and so restored to her.…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow The LXX. omits -my God." In -also" the prophet refers to the other evil which was brought on Israel and Phœnicia too by the drought. The widow…
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