1 Kings 19
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9And 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?
10And 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.
11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13And 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?
14And 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.
15And 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:
16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
21And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85318× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306812× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אָמַרʼâmarH55912× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19808× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֵלִיָּהʼÊlîyâhH4528× in this chapter
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
- אַחַרʼacharH3107× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53157× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- בֵּןbênH11215× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20095× in this chapter
lo!
- חֶרֶבcherebH27195× in this chapter
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָכַלʼâkalH3985× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- קוּםqûwmH69655× in this chapter
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- שׁוּבshûwbH77255× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- הוּאhûwʼH19314× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- לָקַחlâqachH39474× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼH50304× in this chapter
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- קָנָאqânâʼH70654× in this chapter
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
- שָׁםshâmH80334× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9354× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בָּקָרbâqârH12413× in this chapter
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18703× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הַרharH20223× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- הָרַגhâragH20263× in this chapter
to smite with deadly intent
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- יֵהוּאYêhûwʼH30583× in this chapter
Jehu, the name of five Israelites
- מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- מוּתmûwthH41913× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâkH43973× in this chapter
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- אֱלִישָׁעʼĔlîyshâʻH4773× in this chapter
Elisha, the famous prophet
- מָשַׁחmâshachH48863× in this chapter
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
- עָזַבʻâzabH58003× in this chapter
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application