1 Reyes 19:19

Sagradas Escrituras

Y partiéndose él de allí, halló a Eliseo hijo de Safat, que araba con doce yuntas delante de sí; y él era uno de los doce gañanes . Y pasando Elías por delante de él, echó su manto sobre él.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Y partió de allí y encontró a Eliseo, hijo de Safat, que estaba arando con doce yuntas de bueyes delante de él, y él estaba con la última. Elías pasó adonde él estaba y le echó su manto encima.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Kings 19:19"> 19 Y parti�ndose �l de all�, hall� � Eliseo hijo de Saphat, que araba con doce yuntas delante de s�; y �l era uno de los doce ga�anes. Y pasando El�as por delante de �l, ech� sobre �l su manto.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y partiendo �l de all�, hall� a Eliseo, hijo de Safat, que araba con doce yuntas de bueyes delante de s�; y �l ten�a la �ltima. Y pasando El�as por delante de �l, ech� sobre �l su manto.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elisha: 1 Kings 19:16

he with: Exodus 3:1, Judges 6:11, Psalms 78:70-72, Amos 7:14, Zechariah 13:5, Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:19

his mantle: 1 Kings 19:13, 1 Samuel 28:14, 2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 2:14

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 11:5 - after the herd 1 Samuel 16:19 - with the sheep Amos 1:1 - who Matthew 9:9 - Follow Luke 4:27 - Eliseus Luke 5:28 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he departed thence,.... From Mount Horeb, and came to Abelmeholah, which Bunting computes z at one hundred and fifty six miles:

and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; which may be understood either of twelve couple of oxen drawing one plough; which was a large number, but will not seem strange when it is observed, that Abelmeholah, where Elisha was ploughing, lay in the vale of Jordan, which was a clayey stiff ground, and required such a number of oxen to plough it up, especially at the first tilling of it, as this might be a; compare 1 Kings 4:12 A late traveller b observes, that at Damegraed, in upper Egypt on the Nile, six oxen yoked to plough had a great deal of difficulty to turn up the ground; or else, as the Jewish writers generally understand it, there were twelve ploughs, and a yoke of oxen to each, and a ploughman to attend everyone, and Elisha attended the twelfth; or was with one of the twelve, as the Targum, and might have the oversight of them all; Kimchi thinks, and so Abarbiuel after him, that this signified that he should be leader of the twelve tribes of Israel:

and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him; the skirts of it.

z Travels, &c. p. 204. a See Fuller's Pisgah-Sight, &c. B. 2. ch. 8. p. 175. b Norden's Travels in Egypt and Arabia, vol. 2. p. 85.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Plowing - Elisha’s occupation is an indication of his character. He is emphatically a man of peace. He passes the year in those rural occupations which are natural to the son of a wealthy yeoman - superintending the field-laborers himself, and taking a share in their toils. He thus presents a strong contrast to the stern, harsh, rugged Gileadite, who is almost half an Arab, who seems to have no settled home, no quiet family circle, who avoids the haunts of men, and is content for months to dwell in a cavern instead of under a roof.

With twelve yoke of oxen - He was plowing in a field with eleven other plows at work, each drawn by one yoke of oxen. Plowing with a single pair of oxen was the practice in Egypt, in Assyria, in Palestine, and in modern times throughout Western Asia.

Passed by him - Rather, “crossed over to him.” Perhaps it is meant that he crossed the stream of the Jordan.

Cast his mantle upon him - The action is explained as constituting a species of adoption, because a father naturally clothes his children. The notion of fatherhood and sonship was evidently understood between them 2 Kings 2:9-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:19. Twelve yoke of oxen — Elisha must have had a considerable estate, when he kept twelve yoke of oxen to till the ground. If, therefore, he obeyed the prophetic call, he did it to considerable secular loss.

He with the twelfth — Every owner of an inheritance among the Hebrews, and indeed among the ancients in general, was a principal agent in its cultivation.

Cast his mantle upon him — Either this was a ceremony used in a call to the prophetic office, or it indicated that he was called to be the servant of the prophet. The mantle, or pallium, was the peculiar garb of the prophet, as we may learn from Zechariah 13:4; and this was probably made of skin dressed with the hair on. See also 2 Kings 1:8. It is likely, therefore, that Elijah threw his mantle on Elisha to signify to him that he was called to the prophetic office. See more on this subject below.