“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.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.