3. He said, “Lord, they killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I am the only one left, and now they want to kill me.”
4. But the Lord told Elijah, “I still have seven thousand followers who have not worshipped Baal.”
5. It is the same way now. God was kind to the people of Israel, and so a few of them are still his followers.
6. This happened because of God's undeserved kindness and not because of anything they have done. It could not have happened except for God's kindness.
7. This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,