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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. — 1 Kings 19 :16-19
On his way from Mount Horeb to Damascus, Elijah found Elisha ploughing with twelve yokes of oxen. [10] Elijah went over to him, threw his mantle over Elisha's shoulders, investing him with the prophetic office. [9] Elisha delayed only long enough to kill the yoke of oxen, whose flesh he boiled with the wood of his plough.
1 Kings 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
Elisha says goodbye to his parents, kills his oxen and cooks them by burning his plowing equipment. He distributes the meat to his neighbours and sets off to follow Elijah. The Aramean wars (20:1–43)
This third celebration was also called the "Bouzygian Plowing" or "Bouzygian Arable Rites," held in memory of the first sowing of wheat in Athens by the hero Bouzyges, who was the first to yoke oxen (plowing oxen) for sowing. Before teaching the method of sowing and becoming a national hero of Athens, Bouzyges was the ancestor of the priestly ...
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So Elijah found Elisha, who was plowing with one of his 12 yoke of oxen, and Elijah cast his mantle on Elisha. [272] Elisha left the oxen, asked Elijah for permission to kiss his parents goodbye, killed the oxen and distributed their meat to the people, and went to follow Elijah. [273]
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