2 Kings 2:23-25

New International Reader's Version

Some Boys Make Fun of Elisha

²³ Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. He was walking along the road. Some boys came out of the town. They made fun of him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here! You don’t even have any hair on your head!” ²⁴ He turned around and looked at them. And he asked for bad things to happen to them. He did it in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods. They attacked 42 of the boys. ²⁵ Elisha went on to Mount Carmel. From there he returned to Samaria.