2 Kings 2:23

As Elisha travels to Bethel, a crowd of youths mocks him, jeering "Go up, you baldy!" Their taunt contemptuously dismisses the prophet and possibly Elijah's ascension.

Cross-references · 28

• 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
• Job 19:18Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
• Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.
• Prov 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Gen 21:9But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,
• Ps 31:18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
• Prov 20:11Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.
• Eccl 11:10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
• Job 30:8–31A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
• Jer 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
• Isa 57:3–4“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
• Prov 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Ps 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
• Heb 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
• Hos 10:15Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
• Matt 27:40–43and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• Amos 5:5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
• Isa 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
• Isa 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
• Matt 27:29–31And they twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand and knelt down before Him to mock Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
• Hos 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
• Amos 7:13But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
• Gal 4:29At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
• Hos 4:15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
• Amos 3:14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
• Amos 4:4“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
• 1 Kgs 12:28–32After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
• 2 Kgs 2:11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

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