2 Kings 2:23 — Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of… — AMP | maBible
Read 2 Kings 2:23 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Kings 2.23, 2 Kings 2v23, 2R. 2:23. Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
23 Then Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Notes and references
Many people in Bethel participated in pagan worship and regarded the prophets of God with contempt.
This refers to a bald space on the back of the head, which was probably shaved by prophets as a symbol of their sacred separation from ordinary life. So it appears that the boys were not only ridiculing Elisha’s baldness, but his prophetic office as well.