2 Kings 2:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Amos 7:13

Little children

Jeremiah 7:18

Mocked

Hebrews 11:36

Go up

2 Kings 2:11

Matthew 27:29

General references

2 Corinthians 13:8

Bible References

Beth-el

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.

The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days;

but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

Little children

Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Mocked

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so also it is now.

and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Go up

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

General references

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.