2 Kings 2:23
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| Overview - 2 Kings 2 | |
| 1 | Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan; |
| 9 | and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven. |
| 12 | Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor. |
| 16 | The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him. |
| 19 | Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters. |
| 23 | Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha. |
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2 Kings 2:23 (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.
- Beth-el
- 1 Kings 12:28-32 ; Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 10:5 Hosea 10:15 Amos 3:14 ; 4:4 5:5 7:13
- little children
- The words {nrim ketannim} not only signify little children but young men; for {katon} signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and {nr} signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called {nr} when twenty-eight years old, Joseph when thirty-nine, and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men, having heard of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine impulse, pronounced a curse "in the name of the Lord," which was immediately followed by
- the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed. Job 19:18 ; Job 30:1 Job 30:8-31 Proverbs 20:11 ; Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:15 Ecclesiastes 11:10 ; Isaiah 1:4 ; 3:5
- Jeremiah 7:18
- mocked
- Genesis 21:9 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Job 30:1 Job 30:8 Job 30:9 ; Psalms 35:15 ; Isaiah 57:3 Isaiah 57:4 ; Galatians 4:29
- Hebrews 11:36
- Go up
- 11 ; Matthew 27:29-31 Matthew 27:40-43