2 KINGS 2:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Elisha turns back, curses them in the name of the LORD: "I curse you in the name of the LORD." Two she-bears come out and maul forty-two of the youths — the judgment is swift and total. The bears (dob) become instruments of divine discipline; the number forty-two may echo the murmurings and rebellions in Numbers. This severe response establishes Elisha's prophetic authority through judgment.
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