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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19 - 19:19
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1Ki 19:19-21. Elisha follows Elijah.
Elisha the son of Shaphat - Most probably he belonged to a family distinguished for piety, and for their opposition to the prevailing calf-worship.
ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen - indicating that he was a man of substance.
Elijah ... cast his mantle upon him - This was an investiture with the prophetic office. It is in this way that the Brahmins, the Persian Sufis, and other priestly or sacred characters in the East are appointed - a mantle being, by some eminent priest, thrown across their shoulders. Elisha had probably been educated in the schools of the prophets.