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Elijah finds Elisha plowing among twelve yoke-pairs and throws his cloak over him.
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1 Kings 19:19

Elisha at the plow

Elijah at Horeb and Elisha’s Call · 1 Kings 19

Story guide: Elijah walks up to Elisha at his plow and drapes his cloak over him, the twelve yoke-pairs of oxen stretching across the field; the men's faces and the landscape are not described in the passage.

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19So Elijah left that place and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing with twelve pairs of oxen. Elisha was driving the twelfth pair, with the others ahead of him. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak over him.

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