Romans 11:4
Good News Translation
What answer did God give him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not worshiped the false god Baal."

New Revised Standard Version
But what is the divine reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord told Elijah, "I still have 7,000 followers who have not worshiped Baal."

New American Bible
But what is God’s response to him? “I have left for myself seven thousand men who have not knelt to Baal.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal.

I have reserved.

1 Kings 19:18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him, kissing the hands.

Baal.

Numbers 25:3 And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor: upon which the Lord being angry,

Deuteronomy 4:3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.

Judges 2:13 Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth

1 Kings 16:31 Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him.

2 Kings 10:19,20 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, and all his servants, and all his priests: let none be wanting, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal: whosoever shall be wanting, shall not live. Now Jehu did this craftily, that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. . . .

Jeremiah 19:5 And they have built the high places of Baalim, to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of, neither did it once come into my mind.

Hosea 2:8 And she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver, and gold, which they have used in the service of Baal.

Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, a horror seized Israel: and he sinned in Baal, and died.

Zephaniah 1:4 And I will stretch out my hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and I will destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal, and the names of the wardens of the temples with the priests:

Context
The Remnant of Israel
3Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars. And I am left alone: and they seek my life. 4But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal. 5Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant saved according to the election of grace.…
Cross References
1 Kings 19:10
And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.

1 Kings 19:18
And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him, kissing the hands.

Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem.

Romans 11:3
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