He said: “I have been absolutely jealous for Jehovah the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have left your covenant, your altars they have torn down, and your prophets they have killed with the sword, so that I only am left; and they begin looking for my soul to take it away. ”
ელიას სიტყვებში, სულ მცირე, სამი მიზეზი ჩანს, რამაც ის სულით დასცა.