In the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald

In the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald
In the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald


It’s in the second book of Kings, chapter 2, verses 23 and 24.

KJV

23 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.

24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

NIV

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”

24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

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