Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19 - 19:19

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 Kings 19:19 - 19:19


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He with the twelfth; who had twelve ploughs going, whereof eleven were managed by his servants, and the last by himself; according to the simplicity and humility of those ancient times, in which men of good worth and estate submitted themselves to the meanest employments.



Cast his mantle upon him; by that ceremony conferring upon him the office of a prophet, which God was pleased to accompany with the gifts and graces of his Spirit, wherewith he endowed and qualified him for it. The mantle was the usual habit of the prophets. See 2Ki_1:8 Zec_13:4. But whether he did also anoint him is uncertain. See Poole "1Ki_19:16".