Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
What have I to do with thee? - i. e., "What have we in common?" - implying a further question, "Why hast thou not left me in peace?" The woman imagines that Elijah' s visit had drawn God' s attention to her, and so to her sins, which (she feels) deserve a judgment - her son' s death.
Thou man of God - In the mouth of the Phoenician woman this expression is remarkable. Among the Jews and Israelites I Kings 12:22; Judges 13:6, Judges 13:8 it seems to have become the ordinary designation of a prophet. We now see that it was understood in the same sense beyond the borders of the holy land.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 17:18:
John 2:4
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