1 Kings 19:20
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What does 1 Kings 19:20 mean?
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah
His heart being touched by the Lord at the same time, and his
mind enlightened to understand what was meant by that action:
and said, let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my
mother;
take his leave of them in this way, which was what was used by
friends at parting, see ( Ruth 1:9 Ruth 1:14 )
and then I will follow thee;
which he understood was meant by his casting his mantle over him:
and he said unto him, go back again;
to his plough:
for what have I done to thee?
he had only cast the skirts of his mantle over him, and had said
nothing to him; this he said to try him, and get out of him what
was in his heart, and how it had been touched by the Spirit of
God; and if so, then he suggests it was not what he had done, but
what the Lord had impressed upon him, that would oblige him to
return, and follow him, after he had taken his leave of his
parents.
