1 Kings 19:21 meaning and explanation
So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
1 Kings 19:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Elisha has just been called by Elijah, who threw his cloak around him (verse 19). Here Elisha returns to his family and his work, slaughters the pair of oxen he had been plowing with, and uses the wooden equipment as fuel to cook the meat, which he gives to the people to eat.
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