Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
When Elijah said, “I alone am left as a prophet to the Lord,” he was not speaking against the just, because they were no [longer] to be found. Rather he was denouncing sinners, because they had done away with [the just]. He did not wish it to be, therefore, that he alone be found just, and for this reason, he could not be found by them for three years, for he had discovered that they were not worthy of being visited by God. - "Commentary on Tatian’s Diatessaron 7.14"
I. Hebrew repeats "I "to make the contrast more striking. Elias alone was present, in this assembly, as the prophet of the Lord. (Haydock)
He knew that Abdias had preserved 100: but they were concealed.
Men. The other 400 of Jezabel did not appear.
