2 Kings 2:23
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
King James Version
In Context
22So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
Cross References
Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
1 Kings 12:28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Job 19:18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job 30:8They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Psalms 35:15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 2:20-25
The Waters of Jericho Healed; the Death of the Mocking Children. ( b. c. 895.) 19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. 20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord , I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more… Read the whole commentary →