1 Kings 19:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:14

“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.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

These separate altars, though breaking in upon the unity of the church, yet, being erected and attended by those that sincerely aimed at the glory of God and served him faithfully, the seeming schism was excused. God owned them for his altars, as well as that at Jerusalem, and the putting of them down is charged upon Israel as a crying sin.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֩	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
קַנֹּ֨א	ka.No'	certainly <to be zealous>	H7065 →
קִנֵּ֜אתִי	ki.Ne.ti	I have been zealous	H7065 →
לַיהוָ֣ה׀	la.Yah.weh	for Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
צְבָא֗וֹת	tze.va.'ot	hosts	H6635 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
עָזְב֤וּ	'a.ze.Vu	they have forsaken	H5800 →
בְרִֽיתְךָ֙	ve.ri.te.Kha	covenant your	H1285 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָ	miz.be.cho.Tei.kha	altars your	H4196 →
הָרָ֔סוּ	ha.Ra.su	they have torn down	H2040 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ	ne.vi.'Ei.kha	prophets your	H5030 →
הָרְג֣וּ	ha.re.Gu	they have killed	H2026 →
בֶחָ֑רֶב	ve.Cha.rev	with the sword	H2719 →
וָאִוָּתֵ֤ר	va.'i.va.Ter	and I am left	H3498 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
לְבַדִּ֔י	le.va.Di	to alone me	H905 →
וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ	vay.vak.Shu	and they have sought	H1245 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַפְשִׁ֖י	naf.Shi	life my	H5315 →
לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ ס	le.kach.Tah	to take away it	H3947 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 8:9
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:32
  It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was…
Through
Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…
leads to
- Isaiah 5:24
  Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected…
- Jeremiah 2:17
  Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Jeremiah 2:13
  “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Through
Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
leads to
- Genesis 3:11
  “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
- Hosea 5:7
  They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Hosea 8:1
  Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Job 31:33
  if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,