2 Kings 2:23

Then Elisha went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up the road, young boys came out of the city and mocked him; they said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22So the waters were healed to this day, by the word which Elisha spoke.

24Elisha looked behind him and saw them; he called on Yahweh to curse them. Then two female bears came out of the woods and injured forty-two of the boys.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:9Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

1 Kings 12:28So King Jeroboam sought advice and made two calves of gold; he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, these are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

2 Kings 2:11As they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared, which separated the two men from each other, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Job 19:18Even young children despise me; 1 if I rise to speak, they speak against me. 1

Job 30:8They were the sons of fools, indeed, sons of nameless people! 1 They were driven out of the land with whips. 1

Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; 1 they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them. 1 They tore at me without stopping. 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 →

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