And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes, because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, cast downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sworde, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.
1 Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake came fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.
1 Kings 19:13 And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here, Eliiah?
1 Kings 19:14 And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes, because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, cast downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sworde, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.
1 Kings 19:15 And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.
1 Kings 19:16 And Iehu the sonne of Nimshi shalt thou anoynt King ouer Israel: and Elisha the sonne of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou anoynt to be Prophet in thy roume.
The verse centers on "answered", "haue", "bene", "very", "ielous", "lord", "hostes", and "children". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "answered" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And when Eliiah heard it he couered..." into verse 15's "And the Lord said vnto him Goe...", so "answered" and "haue" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "answered" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.