Verse 43
43. His servant Tradition says it was the Zidonian widow’s son whom he had raised from the dead. See note on 1 Kings 17:23.
Go up now To the eminence just above him, whence, over the western ridge, may be seen a wide view of the Mediterranean Sea.
Seven times “Here was an act of faith on Elijah’s part, and on that of his servant, and also a prophecy. The cloud, which promised the long-expected rain, appeared at the seventh time. The walls of Jericho fell down after they had been compassed seven times, on the seventh day. Joshua 6:15-20. Naaman was cleansed after he had washed seven times. 2 Kings 5:14. There are seventy-seven generations from Adam to Christ.” Wordsworth.
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