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He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
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Verse 21. Oxen, to shew that he had relinquished his profession. Menochius.—“He makes a vow of them.” S. Jerom, ep. xxviii.—Elias waited for him in the field, while he made a feast for his fellow-citizens, at parting. Calmet.—Then both probably retreated to Carmel, (Salien) to watch over the instruction of the college of prophets. Bible.
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