1 Kings 19:21

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

In Context

20וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת ־ הַבָּקָר וַיָּרָץ אַחֲרֵי אֵֽלִיָּהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה ־ נָּא לְאָבִי וּלְאִמִּי וְאֵלְכָה אַחֲרֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֵךְ שׁוּב כִּי מֶה ־ עָשִׂיתִי לָֽךְ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 27:18וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה קַח ־ לְךָ אֶת ־ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן ־ נוּן אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר ־ רוּחַ בּוֹ וְסָמַכְתָּ אֶת ־ יָדְךָ עָלָֽיו ׃

1 Kings 18:43וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל ־ נַעֲרוֹ עֲלֵֽה ־ נָא הַבֵּט דֶּֽרֶךְ ־ יָם וַיַּעַל וַיַּבֵּט וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין מְאוּמָה וַיֹּאמֶר שֻׁב שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִֽים ׃

2 Kings 3:11וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָט הַאֵין פֹּה נָבִיא לַֽיהוָה וְנִדְרְשָׁה אֶת ־ יְהוָה מֵאוֹתוֹ וַיַּעַן אֶחָד מֵעַבְדֵי מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר פֹּה אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן ־ שָׁפָט אֲשֶׁר ־ יָצַק מַיִם עַל ־ יְדֵי אֵלִיָּֽהוּ ׃

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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