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1 Kings 19:19-21

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The Call of Elisha

19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast 1his cloak upon him.
20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, 2"Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
21 And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh 3with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.
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1 Kings 19:19-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 19

This chapter gives us a further account of Elijah, of his being obliged to flee for his life through the threats of Jezebel, 1Ki 19:1-4, of the care the Lord took of him, providing food for him, in the strength of which he went to Horeb, 1Ki 19:5-8, of the Lord's appearance to him there, and conversation with him, 1Ki 19:9-14, of some instructions he gave him to anoint a king over Syria, another over Israel, and a prophet in his room, 1Ki 19:15-18, and of his finding Elisha, and throwing his mantle over him, who left his secular employment, and followed him, and became his servant, 1Ki 19:19-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

  • 1. 2 Kings 2:8
  • 2. [Matthew 8:21, 22; Luke 9:61, 62]
  • 3. [2 Samuel 24:22]
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.