[19] thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle [20] And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, thee. And he said again: for what have I done to thee? [21] And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, after Elijah, and ministered unto him.