2 Kings 2:23
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.
KJV
Ascendit autem inde in Bethel : cumque ascenderet per viam, pueri parvi egressi sunt de civitate, et illudebant ei, dicentes : Ascende calve, ascende calve.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Βαιθήλ· καὶ ἀναβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ παιδάρια μικρὰ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ κατέπαιζον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ Ἀνάβαινε, φαλακρέ, ἀνάβαινε.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֥עַל מִ/שָּׁ֖ם בֵּֽית אֵ֑ל וְ/ה֣וּא עֹלֶ֣ה בַ/דֶּ֗רֶךְ וּ/נְעָרִ֤ים קְטַנִּים֙ יָצְא֣וּ מִן הָ/עִ֔יר וַ/יִּתְקַלְּסוּ ב/וֹ֙ וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔/וֹ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵ֖חַ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵֽחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 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.
- 2Kgs 1:10 — And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him
- Gen 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
- Job 19:18 — Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
- 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 30:1 — 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.
- Ps 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.