Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Beth-el » A city » A city north of jerusalem » The young men of, mock elisha

2 Kings 2:23-24

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

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2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Job 19:18

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me. Verse Concepts

Job 30:12

On [the] right hand the brood rises up; {they put me to flight}, and they build up their {siege ramps} against me. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable. Verse Concepts

Children » Often wicked and rebellious

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Children » Wicked » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23-24

wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Mocking of a prophet

2 Kings 2:23-24

wicked Children » Exemplified » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Derision » Instances of » The evil children of beth-el deride elisha

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Elisha » Mocked by the young men of beth-el

2 Kings 2:23-24

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2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Job 19:18

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me. Verse Concepts

Job 30:12

On [the] right hand the brood rises up; {they put me to flight}, and they build up their {siege ramps} against me. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable. Verse Concepts

Mocking » Of Christ » Of good men

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Acts 2:13

But others jeered [and] said, "They are full of sweet new wine!" Verse Concepts

Acts 17:32

Now [when they] heard about the resurrection of the dead, [some] scoffed, but [others] said, "We will hear you about this again also." Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 11:36

And others {experienced mocking and flogging}, and in addition bonds and imprisonment. Verse Concepts

Psalm 22:7

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]: Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 30:10

And it happened [that] the runners were passing from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and up to Zebulun, but they were laughing at them and mocking them. Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 4:1

Now it happened when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, [he] became angry and greatly provoked, and he mocked the Jews. Verse Concepts

Mocking » Some boys mock elisha

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Old age » Disrespect for pleasure-seeking » Prodigality

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Job 30:1

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats. Verse Concepts

Lamentations 5:12

They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders. Verse Concepts

Persecution » Instances of » Of elijah

2 Kings 1:9

So {Ahaziah} sent to him the commander of fifty with his fifty [men], and he went up to him while he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, " man of God, the king says, 'Come down.'" Verse Concepts

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

1 Kings 18:10

{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely there is not a nation or a kingdom to which my lord has not sent me to seek you. [If] they would say, 'He is not here,' then he would make the kingdom or the nation swear that it could not find you. Verse Concepts

Ridicule » Of Christ » Of good men

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Acts 2:13

But others jeered [and] said, "They are full of sweet new wine!" Verse Concepts

Acts 17:32

Now [when they] heard about the resurrection of the dead, [some] scoffed, but [others] said, "We will hear you about this again also." Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy. Verse Concepts

Hebrews 11:36

And others {experienced mocking and flogging}, and in addition bonds and imprisonment. Verse Concepts

Psalm 22:7

All [who] see me mock me. They open wide [their] lips; they shake [the] head, [saying]: Verse Concepts

2 Chronicles 30:10

And it happened [that] the runners were passing from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and up to Zebulun, but they were laughing at them and mocking them. Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 4:1

Now it happened when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, [he] became angry and greatly provoked, and he mocked the Jews. Verse Concepts

Scoffing » Instances of » Youths at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Scorning and mocking » Exemplified » Children at beth-el

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Vices » Dishonesty » Of children

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Job 19:18

Little boys also despise me; [when] I rise, then they talk against me. Verse Concepts

Job 30:12

On [the] right hand the brood rises up; {they put me to flight}, and they build up their {siege ramps} against me. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will be oppressed {by each other} and a man by his neighbor. The boy will act arrogantly toward the elder, and the dishonorable toward the honorable. Verse Concepts

sins of Youth » Special temptations of pleasure-seeking » Prodigality

2 Kings 2:23

Then he went up from there [to] Bethel; as he [was] going up along the way, young boys came out from the city and mocked at him and said to him, "Go up, baldhead; go up, baldhead!" Verse Concepts

Job 30:1

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats. Verse Concepts

Lamentations 5:12

They hang princes by their hand; they do not show respect before elders. Verse Concepts