- Where did the character of Elijah come from? Do you find this part of the narrative a little disjointed from the larger story of our book? If not, how are the stories interrelated?
- Why do you think the river dried up and Elijah had to go to the home of the widow? How does this course of events serve the story?
- What might the widow have meant when she screamed at Elijah, “You have come to me to cause my sins to be remembered”? What is her fear?
- Witchcraft is clearly forbidden by the Bible. Saul is punished for contracting the use of such powers. Is there a difference between witchcraft and what Elijah does with the child?
- Is it not interesting that the woman ultimately believes that Elijah is a man of God only when he saves her son? His performance of the miracles for her family up until this moment did not impress the widow!
