1 Kings 19:18-20

English Standard Version

^18 (A)Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not ^(B)kissed him.”

The Call of Elisha

¹⁹ So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast ^(C)his cloak upon him. ²⁰ And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, ^(D)“Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”