20<\/strong>. O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow<\/em> ] The LXX. omits ‘my God.’ In ‘also’ the prophet refers to the other evil which was brought on Israel and Phnicia too by the drought. The widow had shewn such faith and obedience that we may regard the prophet’s question as of the nature of a petition ‘Let not this evil fall upon her.’<\/p>\n A prayer full of powerful arguments. Thou art the Lord<\/I>, that canst revive the child; and my God<\/I>, and therefore wilt not, do not, deny me. She is a widow<\/I>; add not affliction to the afflicted; deprive her not of the great support and staff of her age. She hath given me kind entertainment; let her not fare the worse for her kindness to a prophet, whereby wicked men will take occasion to reproach both her and religion. <\/P> <\/p>\n And he cried unto the Lord<\/strong>,…. Or prayed unto him, as the Targum, with great vehemence and importunity:<\/p>\n and said, O Lord, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son<\/strong>? 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 condition of the woman, a widow, such as the Lord has a compassionate regard for; and he urges the kindness of her to him, with whom he had sojourned so long; and seems to represent the case as an additional evil or affliction to him, as well as to the widow.<\/p>\n (20) Hast thou also brought evil.<\/strong>Elijahs complaint is characteristic of the half-presumptuous impatience seen more fully in 1 Kings 19<\/span>. He apparently implies that his own lot, as a hunted fugitive not protected by Gods Almighty power, is so hard, that it must be his presence which has brought trouble even on the home that sheltered him.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> Hast thou also brought evil <\/strong> Not the language of reproach or complaint, but the emotional expression of profoundest sympathy with the widow’s affliction, and of the earnestness of Elijah’s faith and prayer.<\/p>\n 1Ki 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?<\/p>\n Ver. 20. Hast thou also brought evil?<\/strong> ] Words of wonder, and all full of weight. Quot verba, tot argumenta:<\/em> this humble expostulation flowed from faith, as appeareth in 1Ki 17:21<\/span> .<\/p>\n he cried: 1Ki 18:36, 1Ki 18:37, Exo 17:4, 1Sa 7:8, 1Sa 7:9, 2Ki 19:4, 2Ki 19:15, Psa 99:6, Mat 21:22, Jam 5:15-18 <\/p>\n hast thou also: Gen 18:23-25, Jos 7:8, Jos 7:9, Psa 73:13, Psa 73:14, Jer 12:1 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 4:4 – thou shalt shut 2Ki 4:33 – prayed 2Ki 20:11 – cried unto Mat 10:41 – that receiveth a prophet Mat 17:21 – but Mar 9:29 – by prayer Joh 9:31 – him Act 28:8 – prayed 2Ti 1:18 – that he<\/p>\n 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also {k} brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?<\/p>\n (k) He was afraid lest God’s name be blasphemed and his ministry contemned, unless he continued his mercies as he had begun them, especially while he remained there.<\/p>\n 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? 20. 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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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