2 Kings 2:23New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And he went up from thence to 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 to him, Go up, thou bald-head; go up, thou bald-head.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head!
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And he went up from thence, to Bethel,—and, as he was going up on the way, some lads, came forth, out of the city, and made mockery of him, and said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, 'Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And he went up from thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head, go up, thou bald head.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And he went vp from thence vnto Beth-el; as he was going vp the way, litle children came out of the citie, and mocked him, and saide vnto him, Come vp, thou balde head, come vp, thou balde head.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel: and as hee was going vp by the way, there came foorth little children out of the citie, and mocked him, and said vnto him, Goe vp thou bald head, Goe vp thou bald head.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And he went up from thence to Beth-el; and as he was going up along the way, there came forth little boys out of the city and mocked him, saying, Go up, you bald head, go up, you bald head.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And he went up thence to Bethel{gr.Baethel}: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald-head, go up.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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. |
And he went up
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
from thence
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
unto
Bêŧ ´Ël
בֵּית־אֵל:
1008 {1008} Primeבֵּית־אֵלBeyth-'El{bayth-ale'}
From H1004 and H0410; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine.
and as he
x1931 (1931) Complementהוּאhuw'{hoo}
The second form is the feminine beyond the Pentateuch; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he ( she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are.
was going up
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
by the way,
1870 {1870} Primeדֶּרֶךְderek{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
there came forth
3318 {3318} Primeיָצָאyatsa'{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
little
6996 {6996} Primeקָטָןqatan{kaw-tawn'}
From H6962; abbreviated, that is, diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance).
children
5288 {5288} Primeנַעַרna`ar{nah'-ar}
From H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age).
out of
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
the city,
5892 {5892} Primeעִיר`iyr{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
and mocked
7046 {7046} Primeקָלַסqalac{kaw-las'}
A primitive root; to disparage, that is, ridicule.
z8691 <8691> Grammar
Stem - Hithpael (See H8819) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 533
him, and said
559 {0559} Primeאָמַר'amar{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
unto him, Go up,
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
thou bald head;
7142 {7142} Primeקֵרֵחַqereach{kay-ray'-akh}
From H7139; bald (on the back of the head).
go up,
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
thou bald head.
7142 {7142} Primeקֵרֵחַqereach{kay-ray'-akh}
From H7139; bald (on the back of the head). |
2 Kings 2:23-24
_ _ there came forth little children out of the city — that is, the idolatrous, or infidel young men of the place, who affecting to disbelieve the report of his master’s translation, sarcastically urged him to follow in the glorious career.
_ _ bald head — an epithet of contempt in the East, applied to a person even with a bushy head of hair. The appalling judgment that befell them was God’s interference to uphold his newly invested prophet. |
2 Kings 2:23
To Beth — el — To the other school of prophets, to inform them of Elijah's translation, and his succession to the same office; and to direct, and comfort, and stablish them. Children — Or, young men: as this Hebrew word often signifies. It is more than probable they were old enough to discern between good and evil. The city — Beth — el was the mother — city of idolatry, where the prophets planted themselves, that they might bear witness against it, and dissuade the people from it; though, it seems, they had but small success there. Mocked him — With great petulancy and vehemency, as the word signifies; deriding both his person and ministry, and that from a prophane contempt of the true religion, and a passionate love to that idolatry which they knew he opposed. Go up — Go up into heaven, whither thou pretendest Elijah is gone. Why didst not thou accompany thy friend and master to heaven? Bald — head — So they mock his natural infirmity, which is a great sin. The repetition shews their heartiness and earnestness, that it was no sudden slip of their tongue, but a scoff proceeding from a rooted impiety and hatred of God and his prophets. And very probably it was their usual practice, to jeer the prophets as they went along the streets, that they might expose them to contempt, and if possible drive them out of their town. Had the abuse done to Elisha been the first offence of the kind, they might not have been so severely punished. But mocking the messengers of the Lord, was one of the crying sins of Israel. |
- Bethel:
1 Kings 12:28-32 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and 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. ... And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
Hosea 4:15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
Hosea 10:15 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Amos 3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos 4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
Amos 5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
Amos 7:13 But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.
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- little children:
- The words nearim ketannim not only signify little children but young men; for katon signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and naar signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity. Thus Isaac is called naar 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 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job 30:1 But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 30:8-31 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. ... My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isaiah 3:5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] 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.
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- mocked:
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
Job 30:1 But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 30:8-9 [They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. ... And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Psalms 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
Isaiah 57:3-4 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. ... Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Galatians 4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
Hebrews 11:36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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- Go up:
2 Kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Matthew 27:29-31 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ... And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].
Matthew 27:40-43 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. ... He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
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