2 Kings 2:23
And he went up thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, baldhead, go up.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
22And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
Cross References
Genesis 21:9And Sarah having seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian who was born to Abraham, sporting with Isaac her son,
1 Kings 12:28And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone hitherto to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.
Job 19:18But they rejected me forever; 1 Whenever I rise up, they speak against me. 1
Job 30:8They are sons of fools and vile men, 1 Whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth. 1
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 →