1 Kings 19 · Verse 14

1 Kings 19:14

And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:14, King James Version

1 Kings 19:14 in other translations

BSB“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
WEBHe said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
ASVAnd he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
YLTAnd he saith, ‘I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life--to take it.'
DARBYAnd he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
BBEAnd he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.
WebsterAnd he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

What does 1 Kings 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 19:4-18

4-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 19:14-18
God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master? The Lord gave him an answer. He declares that the wicked house of Ahab shall be rooted out, that the people of Israel shall be punished for their sins; and he shows that Elijah was not left alone as he had supposed, and also that a helper should at once be raised up for him. Thus all his complaints are answered and provided for. God's faithful ones are often his hidden ones, Psa 83:3, and the visible church is scarcely to be seen: the wheat is lost in chaff, and the gold in dross, till the sifting, refining, separating day comes. The Lord knows them that are his, though we do not; he sees in secret. When we come to heaven we shall miss many whom we thought to have met there; we shall meet many whom we little thought to have met there. God's love often proves larger than man's charity, and far more extended.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Kings 19:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.Merand he saidH559
קַנֹּ֨אka.No'certainly <to be zealous>H7065
קִנֵּ֜אתִיki.Ne.tiI have been zealousH7065
לַיהוָ֣ה\׀la.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
צְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'othostsH6635
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
עָזְב֤וּ'a.ze.Vuthey have forsakenH5800
בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ve.ri.te.Khacovenant yourH1285
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָmiz.be.cho.Tei.khaaltars yourH4196
הָרָ֔סוּha.Ra.suthey have torn downH2040
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
נְבִיאֶ֖יךָne.vi.'Ei.khaprophets yourH5030
הָרְג֣וּha.re.Guthey have killedH2026
בֶחָ֑רֶבve.Cha.revwith the swordH2719
וָאִוָּתֵ֤רva.'i.va.Terand I am leftH3498
אֲנִי֙'a.NiIH589
לְבַדִּ֔יle.va.Dito alone meH905
וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּvay.vak.Shuand they have soughtH1245
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.Shilife myH5315
לְקַחְתָּֽהּ\׃\ \סle.kach.Tahto take away itH3947

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Cross references for 1 Kings 19:14

  • Daniel 11:30

    For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

  • Hosea 6:7

    But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

  • 1 Kings 19:9-10

    And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

  • Deuteronomy 31:20

    For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

  • Isaiah 1:4

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

  • Isaiah 62:1

    For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

  • Psalms 78:37

    For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

  • Jeremiah 22:9

    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  • Hebrews 8:9

    Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 29:25

    Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

  • Isaiah 62:6-7

    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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I have been.
9,10; Isa 62:1,6,7
forsaken.
De 29:25; 31:20; Ps 78:37; Isa 1:4; Jer 22:9; Da 11:30; Ho 6:7
Heb 8:9

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Context

  • 1 Kings 19:13

    And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

  • 1 Kings 19:14

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

  • 1 Kings 19:15

    And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

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1 Kings 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él respondió: Sentido he un vivo celo por Jehová Dios de los ejércitos; porque los hijos de Israel han dejado tu alianza, han derribado tus altares, y han muerto á cuchillo tus profetas: y yo solo he quedado, y me buscan para quitarme la vida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il dit: J’ai été très jaloux pour l’ Éternel, le Dieu des armées; car les fils d’Israël ont abandonné ton alliance, ils ont renversé tes autels et ils ont tué tes prophètes par l’épée, et je suis resté, moi seul, et ils cherchent ma vie pour me l’ôter.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er sprach: Ich habe sehr geeifert für Jehova, den Gott der Heerscharen; denn die Kinder Israel haben deinen Bund verlassen, deine Altäre niedergerissen und deine Propheten mit dem Schwerte getötet; und ich allein bin übriggeblieben, und sie trachten danach, mir das Leben zu nehmen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum, quia dereliquerunt pactum tuum filii Israël: altaria tua destruxerunt, prophetas tuos occiderunt gladio, derelictus sum ego solus, et quærunt animam meam ut auferant eam.