1 Kings 19:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have left — Or, I have reserved to myself; I have kept from the common contagion: therefore thou art mistaken to think that thou art left alone. Seven thousand — Either, definitely so many: or rather, indefinitely, for many thousands; the number of seven being often used for a great number. Kissed him — That is, all those who have not worshipped Baal, nor professed reverence or subjection to him: which idolaters did to their idols, by bowing the knee, and by kissing them.