2 Kings 2:23
And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
Cross References
Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
1 Kings 12:28And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass as they went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire; and they parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into the heavens.
Job 19:18Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
Job 30:8Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
Psalms 35:15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers 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 →