וַיָּ֨שָׁב מֵאַחֲרָ֜יו וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־צֶ֧מֶד הַבָּקָ֣ר וַיִּזְבָּחֵ֗הוּ וּבִכְלִ֤י הַבָּקָר֙ בִּשְּׁלָ֣ם הַבָּשָׂ֔ר וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָעָ֖ם וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ וַיָּ֗קָם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אַחֲרֵ֥י אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ וַיְשָׁרְתֵֽהוּ׃ (פ)
И он вернулся от следования за ним, и взял ярмо волов, и умертвил их, и вскипятило их орудия волов, и дал народу, и они ели. Затем он встал и пошел за Илией и служил ему.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“He turned back from him and took the yoke of oxen, etc.” [19:21]. Elisha turned back, took the pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He did not want to take time to chop wood to cook the meat and he took the wood [of the yoke] and cooked the meat and fed it to the same people who had been plowing. These people accompanied him on his way. They ate and afterwards, Elisha followed Elijah and became his servant.
Rashi
He cooked the meat for them. He cooked for them the meat, so do Dunash and Menachem explain, and so did [Targum] Yonoson render [בשלם] as two words [בשיל להון]. But I say, that it is unnecessary to divide it into two words, and what is the meaning of “בשלם הבשר”? He cooked the two oxen, their flesh, for צמד is a minimum of two.