NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns   Discovery Box  2 Kings
2:19-25  Elisha Demonstrates His Authority   2:23 He went up
from there to Bethel. 7  As he was traveling up the road, some
young boys 8  came out of the city and made fun of him, saying,
“Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!” 2:24 When he turned around
and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. 9  Two
female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the
boys to pieces. 2:25 From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and
then back to Samaria. 10   1 tn Heb “my.”  2 tn Heb “miscarries”
or “is barren.”  3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been
specified in the translation for clarity.  4 tn Or “healed.”
5 tn Heb “there will no longer be from there death and
miscarriage [or, ‘barrenness’].”  6 tn Heb “according to the
word of Elisha which he spoke.”   8 tn The word נַעַר (naar),
here translated “boy,” can refer to a broad age range, including
infants as well as young men. But the qualifying term “young”
(or “small”) suggests these y