1 Kings 19:10
“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.”
Note Cited in Romans 11:3; here and in verse 14
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.
He 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.”
And 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- very jealous
- Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14; Numbers 25:11, 13; Psalm 69:9; Psalm 119:139; John 2:17
- thrown down
- 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 18:4, 30; Jeremiah 2:30; Hosea 5:11; Micah 6:16; Micah 7:2
- I only
- 1 Kings 18:4, 20, 22; 1 Kings 20:13, 22, 35, 41, 42; 1 Kings 22:8; Romans 11:2–4
- they seek my life
- 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 18:10, 17