...kissing being the ceremony by which this was expressed in the East. Thus, i Kings xix. 18. " Yet have I left me seven thousand " in Israel, all the knees which have not " bowed unto Baal, and all the mouths " which have not kmcdtam." (r) This psalm is supposed to have been written by David,...

...Hazael shall Jehu slay : and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu, shall Elisha slay. Yet have I left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which...unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. So he departed thence and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with the twelve yoke of...

...thought himself the only worshipper of the true God that was left in Israel. See 1 Kings xviii, 19 : "I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bmved unto Baal :" from which it is clear that while the people generally bcnaed to Baal, seven thousand...

...religious worship. I have left me, says God to Elijah, seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 1 Kings six. 18*. St. Paul also says, I bow my knees to the Father of all mercies. But to place it...

...sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 an Bible Society 19 f So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with twelve yoke...

...sacrifice, kiss the calves, Hosea xiii. 2. It was used in the worship of Baal. Hence God said to Elijah, I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him. From these texts it appears, that kissing was used...

...woman : so en, brethren, we are not children of the bond woman but of " the free." — " Yet have I left me seven thousand in Israel : all " the knees...Baal, and every mouth " which hath not kissed him." Does this passage, with the apostle's comment on it, give no intimation of a gratuitous personal election...

...Israel, and concluded, saying, And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life : Gad answered him, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the...unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. — 1 Kings xix. 4. 10. 18. Woe unto him who striveth with his Maker: let the potsherd strive with...

...Israel, and concluded, saying, And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life : God answered him, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the...unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. — 1 Kings xix. 4. 10, 18. Woe unto him who striveth with his Maker: let the potsherd strive with...

...the thing that we may do. The remnant might be like that in Elijah's time, of whom the Lord said, " I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and'every mouth which have not kissed him ;" an unpolluted, undefiled remnant, who continued faithful...