Remnant

The faithful few who stay loyal to God when everyone else bounces

lightbulbThe leftover faithful ones — God always keeps a crew, even when most people walk away

Definition

A major prophetic concept. When Israel as a whole abandoned God, the prophets promised that a 'remnant' would survive and carry God's purposes forward. Isaiah named his son 'Shear-Jashub' meaning 'a remnant shall return.' Elijah thought he was alone, but God said He had 7,000 who hadn't bowed to Baal (1 Kings 19:18). Paul applied the remnant concept to Jewish believers in Jesus (Romans 11:5). It's the promise that God always preserves His people.

Used In40 mentions across 16 books

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The Tribe That Went and Took It

1 Chronicles 4:34-43

Remnant here describes the last surviving Amalekites who had escaped previous campaigns — the Simeonites finished what others had started, defeating this final remnant and settling the land themselves.

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Fixing the House Nobody Maintained

2 Chronicles 34:8-13

The Remnant is referenced here as contributors to the Temple repair fund — the faithful survivors of the northern kingdom who still identified with God's covenant people and gave toward restoring His house.

2 kings

A Promise for the Survivors

2 Kings 19:29-34

The Remnant appears here as the object of God's promise — the surviving population of Judah is promised not just bare survival but genuine flourishing, pictured as taking root and bearing fruit again within three years.

A Governor and a Murder

2 Kings 25:22-26

The Remnant is the group Gedaliah is trying to stabilize and encourage — the survivors who were supposed to rebuild from the ashes but instead flee to Egypt after his murder.

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Daniel Needed Answers

Daniel 7:15-18

The Remnant is named here as the ultimate inheritors — the holy ones of the Most High who endure through four successive empires and receive the everlasting kingdom the beasts could never hold.