And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Ezekiel 22:30 Apparently, He has found 700 more. =)
"and he (Elijah) said (to the Lord God of Hosts)... I alone am left; and they seek to take my life".
"... and the Lord said to him (Elijah)... Yet I have reserved seven thousand... all whose knees have not bowed to Baal..." [1 Kings 19: 14,15,18]