But what says the answer of God unto him?
I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
This is clear, for Paul shows that not only Elijah remained as one devoted to God who did not worship idols, but that there were many who remained faithful to God, just as there were not a few Jews who believed in Christ. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.
Nor did Samuel, who had done so many surprising things, disregard David the beloved of God: yet they were both prophets, and the one was high priest, and the other was king. And when there were only seven thousand holy men in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal,
