1 Kings 19:20

וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת ־ הַבָּקָר וַיָּרָץ אַחֲרֵי אֵֽלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה ־ נָּא לְאָבִי וּלְאִמִּי וְאֵלְכָה אַחֲרֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֵךְ שׁוּב כִּי מֶה ־ עָשִׂיתִי לָֽךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

In Context

19וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם וַיִּמְצָא אֶת ־ אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן ־ שָׁפָט וְהוּא חֹרֵשׁ שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר צְמָדִים לְפָנָיו וְהוּא בִּשְׁנֵים הֶעָשָׂר וַיַּעֲבֹר אֵלִיָּהוּ אֵלָיו וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אַדַּרְתּוֹ אֵלָֽיו ׃

21וַיָּשָׁב מֵאַחֲרָיו וַיִּקַּח אֶת ־ צֶמֶד הַבָּקָר וַיִּזְבָּחֵהוּ וּבִכְלִי הַבָּקָר בִּשְּׁלָם הַבָּשָׂר וַיִּתֵּן לָעָם וַיֹּאכֵלוּ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ וַיְשָׁרְתֵֽהוּ ׃ פ

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Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:20-21

The Call of Elisha. ( b. c. 901.) 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled… Read the whole commentary →

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