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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 19:10 in context
1 Kings 19:7–13
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The LORD’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
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He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
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He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, the LORD’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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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.”
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He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.”
Behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
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After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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