Elisha Chosen to Replace Elijah

¹⁹ Elijah left there and located Shaphat’s son Elisha, who was plowing, along with a total of^[a] twelve pairs of oxen.^[b] (He was plowing with the twelfth pair.) As Elijah passed by, he tossed his cloak at Elisha.^{[c] 20} He abandoned the oxen, ran off to follow Elijah, and asked him, “Please, let me kiss my mother and father good-bye, and then I’ll come after you.”

“Go back again,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

²¹ So Elisha^[d] turned back, took the pair of oxen, sacrificed them, boiled their flesh using the farm implements for fuel, and gave the food to the people with him.^[e] Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his servant.