2 Kings 2:19–25

¹⁹And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground ^†barren. ²⁰And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. ²¹And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and ^ycast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren ^zland. ²²So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

²³And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth ^alittle ^bchildren out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. ²⁴And he turned back, and looked on them, and ^ccursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two ^dchildren of them. ²⁵And he went from thence to mount ^eCarmel, and from thence he returned to ^fSamaria.