But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
But what saith the answer of God unto him? х ho (G3588) chreematismos (G5538)]. The noun here rendered "answer of God" is nowhere else used in the New Testament, though the verb is used seven times in that sense-a sense derived from the Septuagint It means a 'divine communication,' in whatever way received. The words now to be quoted are from 1 Kings 19:18, almost verbatim.
I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal.
There is no need of the supplementary words of our version. To 'bow the knee to Baal' is surely intelligible enough.