Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 17:11
And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
11. And as she was going to fetch it] She is prepared to obey the request of the stranger. By her language in the next verse ‘As the Lord thy God liveth’ she accepts Elijah as a worshipper of Jehovah. The near neighbourhood of Phnicia makes it easy to understand that the worship of Jehovah would be known to the inhabitants, and the woman would recognize an Israelite in Elijah both by speech and dress.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Which he said only to try her, and to make way for what follows.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And as she was going to fetch it,…. For she made no difficulty of granting his request, but immediately set out to fetch him some water from the city, or some spring close by, or her own house; being very ready to do an hospitable act to a stranger, and especially to a good man, and a prophet, as she might perceive by his habit he was, as it seems by what follows:
and said, bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand; to eat before he drank; this he said still further to try her whether she was the person that was to sustain him, as well as in order to lead on to more discourse with her.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 17:11 And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
Ver. 11. And as she was going, &c. ] He found her facile to the first motion, saw God in it, and maketh a second.
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.
a Buccellam, frustum.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as she was going: Gen 24:18, Gen 24:19, Mat 10:42, Mat 25:35-40, Heb 13:2
a morsel: 1Ki 17:9, 1Ki 18:4, Gen 18:5