2 Kings 2:23 (KJV)

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And he went up from thence unto Beth-el 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

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Beth-el. 1Ki 12:28-32 Ho 4:15 Ho 10:5 Ho 10:15 Am 3:14 Am 4:4 Am 5:5 Am 7:13

little children.The words {nëârim ketannim} not only signify little children but young men; for {katon} signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and {näâr} signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called {näâr} 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 Pr 20:11 Pr 22:6 Pr 22:15 Ec 11:10 Isa 1:4 Isa 3:5 Jer 7:18

mocked. Ge 21:9 2Ch 36:16 Job 30:1 Job 30:8 Job 30:9 Ps 35:15 Isa 57:3 Isa 57:4 Ga 4:29 Heb 11:36

Go up. 2Ki 2:11 Mt 27:29-31 Mt 27:40-43

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