1 Re 19:21

21 Dopo essersi allontanato da Elia, Eliseo tornò a prendere un paio di bovi, e li offrì in sacrifizio; con le legna degli arnesi de’ buoi ne cosse le carni, e le diede alla gente, che le mangiò. Poi si levò, seguitò Elia, e si mise al suo servizio.

1 Re 19:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 19:21

And he returned back from him
To his father's house, and took his leave, and then came back into the field, perhaps with others accompanying him:

and took a yoke of oxen and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the
instruments of the oxen:
their yokes, and the plough, with an addition of other things sufficient to boil them:

and gave unto the people, and they did eat;
the ploughmen and others that came together on this occasion; he made a feast for them, to express his joy at being called to such service he was:

then he arose and went after Elijah;
left his worldly employment, the riches he was heir to, his parents, and his friends, and followed the prophet:

and ministered unto him;
became his servant, whereby he attained to great knowledge and understanding of divine things, and was trained up to the prophetic office, which he was invested with upon the removal of Elijah; see ( Matthew 8:21 Matthew 8:22 ) ( 19:27 ) .

1 Re 19:21 In-Context

19 Elia si partì di là e trovò Eliseo figliuolo di Shafat, il quale arava, avendo dodici paia di buoi davanti a sé; ed egli stesso guidava il dodicesimo paio. Elia, avvicinatosi a lui, gli gittò addosso il suo mantello.

20 Ed Eliseo, lasciati i buoi, corse dietro ad Elia, e disse: "Ti prego, lascia ch’io vada a dar un bacio a mio padre e a mia madre, e poi ti seguirò". Elia gli rispose: "Va’ e torna; ma pensa a quel che t’ho fatto!"

21 Dopo essersi allontanato da Elia, Eliseo tornò a prendere un paio di bovi, e li offrì in sacrifizio; con le legna degli arnesi de’ buoi ne cosse le carni, e le diede alla gente, che le mangiò. Poi si levò, seguitò Elia, e si mise al suo servizio.