1 Kings 19:16-21

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ and ^(A)Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and ^(B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. ¹⁷ And it will be that the ^(C)one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu ^(D)shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. ^18 (E)Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not ^(F)kissed him.”

Elijah Puts the Mantle on Elisha

¹⁹ So he went from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw ^(G)his mantle on him. ²⁰ So he forsook the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please ^(H)let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” ²¹ So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and ^(I)boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.