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1 Kings 19:19 (ANIV)
The call of Elisha
So Elijah went from there [Horeb, the mountain of God] and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified in Bible narrative. I have set the scene in the mid morning.

LIGHTING NOTES:
The sun is high above & to the right, casting shadows to the left of figures & objects.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
The prophet Elijah is putting his brown cloak over the shoulders of Elisha.
Elisha’s two ox team is behind them.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This scene shows the prophet Elijah walking up to Elisha & putting his cloak over his shoulders. This action represented Elijah commissioning Elisha to be his successor as prophet.

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1 Kings 19 – The call of Elisha – Scene 01 – Elisha ploughing (No figures)

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Background of 1 Kings 19 – The call of Elisha – Scene 01 – Elisha ploughing

Where was Elisha born and raised?
“Abel-meholah [N] [H]
“meadow of dancing”, or “the dancing-meadow”, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12 ), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, “the rich meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean; moist and luxuriant.” Here Elisha was found at his plough by Elijah on his return up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings 19:16 ). It is now called ‘Ain Helweh.”
[Source: https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/abel-meholah/]