1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 17:18 The widow appears convinced of the truth of Elijah’s religion by seeing God’s power in vv. 1 Kings 17:8. When death comes, she knows it must be the Lord’s doing. She blames God’s prophet for reminding God of her sin. Elijah agrees with her about who is the ultimate cause (have you brought calamity... by killing her son?), but in his prayer he makes no comment on whether the widow’s sin was the human cause.

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