1 Kings 19:18 (KJV)

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Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth which hath not kissed him

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Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave. Isa 1:9 Isa 10:20-22 Ro 11:4 Ro 11:5

the knees. Ex 20:5 Isa 49:23 Ro 14:10-12 Php 2:10

every mouth.Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from {ad,} to and {os, oris,} the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers. Job 31:27 Ps 2:12 Ho 13:2

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