1 Rois 19:10

La Bible Ostervald

Et il répondit: J'ai été extrême-ment ému de jalousie pour l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées; car les enfants d'Israël ont abandonné ton alliance; ils ont démoli tes autels, et ils ont tué tes prophètes par l'épée; et je suis demeuré, moi seul, et ils cherchent ma vie pour me l'ôter.

Parallel Translations

Darby's French Translation
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.

Louis Segond (1910)
Il répondit: J'ai déployé mon zèle pour l'Eternel, le Dieu des armées; car les enfants d'Israël ont abandonné ton alliance, ils ont renversé tes autels, et ils ont tué par l'épée tes prophètes; je suis resté, moi seul, et ils cherchent à m'ôter la vie.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et il répondit : J'ai été extrêmement ému à jalousie pour l'Eternel le Dieu des armées, parce que les enfants d'Israël ont abandonné ton alliance; ils ont démoli tes autels, ils ont tué tes Prophètes avec l'épée, je suis resté moi seul, et ils cherchent ma vie pour me l'ôter.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

very jealous: Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14, Numbers 25:11, Numbers 25:13, Psalms 69:9, Psalms 119:139, John 2:17

thrown down: 1 Kings 19:14, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:30, Jeremiah 2:30, Hosea 5:11, Micah 6:16, Micah 7:2

I only: 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:20, 1 Kings 18:22, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:35, 1 Kings 20:41, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 22:8, Romans 11:2-4

they seek my life: 1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 18:10, 1 Kings 18:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 5:22 - why is it Exodus 23:2 - follow Deuteronomy 29:25 - they have forsaken Judges 5:3 - even I 2 Kings 10:16 - Come with me 2 Chronicles 18:7 - one man Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Psalms 35:4 - that Psalms 44:22 - killed Jeremiah 5:1 - if ye can Jeremiah 36:26 - to take Jeremiah 50:5 - that shall Hosea 12:10 - have also Matthew 5:12 - for so Matthew 21:35 - General Mark 12:3 - they Luke 6:23 - for in Acts 7:52 - Which of Acts 12:2 - with Acts 17:16 - his spirit Romans 11:3 - Lord Hebrews 11:37 - were slain 2 Peter 2:15 - forsaken

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, I have been jealous for the Lord God of hosts,.... Through zeal for the glory of God he had slain four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and this had stirred up the malice and revenge of Jezebel against him, who sought his life, and which had obliged him to flee, and come to this place for shelter; this is the first part of his answer, others follow:

for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant; the law, especially the two first commandments delivered in this very place; and therefore he could hope for no protection from them, but was forced to leave his country:

thrown down thy altars: which had been built in times past for the worship of God, to sacrifice thereon to him, but were now demolished, that those that would not bow the knee to Baal, and could not go to Jerusalem, might make no use of them:

and slain thy prophets with the sword; which was done by Jezebel, the Israelites conniving at it, and consenting to it, and not daring to oppose her; slain all she had knowledge of, or even were known by the prophet: hence it follows,

and I, [even] I only am left, and they seek my life to take it away: all this Elijah said, as it seems, not only to excuse himself for fleeing, and taking up his abode where he was, but to stir up the indignation of God against Israel for their idolatries and murders, and to put him upon inflicting his judgments on them for the same.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I, even I only, am left - The same statement as in 1 Kings 18:22, but the sense is different. There Elijah merely said that he alone remained to execute the prophet’s office, which was true; here he implies that he is the only prophet left alive, whereas a hundred had been saved by Obadiah 1 Kings 18:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:10. I have been very jealous for the Lord — The picture which he draws here of apostate Israel is very affecting:-

1. They have forsaken thy covenant — They have now cleaved to and worshipped other gods.

2. Thrown down thine altars — Endeavoured, as much as they possibly could, to abolish thy worship, and destroy its remembrance from the land.

3. And slain thy prophets — That there might be none to reprove their iniquity, or teach the truth; so that the restoration of the true worship might be impossible.

4. I only, am left — They have succeeded in destroying all the rest of the prophets, and they are determined not to rest till they slay me.