2 Kings 2:23
And he went up from thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Eliseus, which he spoke.
Cross References
Genesis 21:9And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham:
1 Kings 12:28And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 2:11And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Job 19:18Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.
Job 30:8The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.
Psalms 35:15But they rejoiced against me, and came together : scourges were gathered together upon me, and I knew 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 →