SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:18
Y ella dijo a Elías: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo, varón de Dios? ¿Has venido a mí para traer en memoria mis iniquidades, y para hacerme morir mi hijo?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:18
Verse 18. To call my sin to remembrance] She seems to be now conscious of some secret sin, which she had either forgotten, or too carelessly passed over; and to punish this she supposes the life of her son was taken away. It is mostly in times of adversity that we duly consider our moral state; outward afflictions often bring deep searchings of heart.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And she said unto Elijah, what have I to do with thee, O thou man of God! etc.] 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 benefits she had received through the prophet’s being with her: art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? to punish her for her former sins, she was conscious she had been guilty of; for she supposed, that as it was by his prayer that the drought and famine were come upon the land, so it was in the same way that her son’s death came, namely, through the prayer of the prophet. Ver. 19 . And he said unto her, give me thy son, and he took him out of her bosom , etc.] 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 greater freedom both in his expressions and gestures.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-24 - Neither faith nor obedience shut out afflictions and death. The chil being dead, the mother spake to the prophet, rather to give vent to he sorrow, than in hope of relief. When God removes our comforts from us he remembers our sins against us, perhaps the sins of our youth, thoug long since past. When God remembers our sins against us, he designs to teach us to remember them against ourselves, and to repent of them Elijah's prayer was doubtless directed by the Holy Spirit. The chil revived. See the power of prayer, and the power of Him who hear prayer __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ותאמר 559 אל 413 אליהו 452 מה 4100 לי ולך אישׁ 376 האלהים 430 באת 935 אלי 413 להזכיר 2142 את 853 עוני 5771 ולהמית 4191 את 853 בני׃ 1121
