But elisha replied, as yahweh lives and as you yourself live, i will not leave. And he went up from thence unto bethel from jericho, which lay in a plain, to bethel, situated on an hill, and therefore is said to go up to it. Verse click for chapter new international version from there elisha went up to bethel. Why did the prophet elisha curse the youths for making fun of his. It is neither new moon nor sabbath no stated public day, upon which the prophets used to preach and instruct the people, and on which, consequently, they were always to be found by such as wanted their advice or assistance. He looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the lord the word curse has in scripture three different acceptations. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. Then moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab 1. One would not have believed it possible, that in judah, where god was known, in israel, where his name was great, in salem, in zion, where his dwellingplace was, such abominations should be found. In the second year of joash son of jehoahaz king of israel reigned amaziah the son of joash king of judah. And ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in samaria, and was sick. As elisha was going up to bethel, he was confronted by some young people who mocked him saying, go up, you baldhead.
King josiah instituted reform by reading the lost scroll of the law in the temple and renewed the covenant with the lord second kings 22. So he sent messengers, saying to them, go and consult baalzebub, the god of ekron, to see if i will recover from this injury. When elisha heard this, he turned and pronounced a curse on them, and two shebears came out of the wood. They were wicked young men, comparable to a modern street gang. Why did the prophet elisha curse the youths for making fun. And elisha said unto him, as the lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, i will not leave thee. The removal of elijah was a type and figure of the ascension of christ, and the opening of the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Every chapter of the bible in 140 characters or less. The record of this prophet, who was the successor to elijah, begins in 1 kings 19. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. Now viewing scripture range from the book of 2 kings chapter 2. Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy joshua judges ruth the first book of samuel the second book of samuel the first book of kings the second book of kings the first book of chronicles the second book of chronicles ezra nehemiah esther job book psalms proverbs ecclesiastes song of solomon isaiah jeremiah lamentations ezekiel daniel hosea joel amos obadiah jonah micah nahum habakkuk. Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that nebuchadnezzar king of babylon and all his army came against jerusalem and encamped against it.
As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town. But elisha said, as surely as the lord lives and as you live, i will not leave you. And it came to pass, when the lord would take up elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that elijah went with elisha from gilgal. Rather, it is a record of an insulting demonstration against gods prophet by a large group of young men. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled fortytwo of the boys.
Second, the fact that the bears mauled 42 of the youths indicates that there were. And elijah said unto elisha, tarry here, i pray thee. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out. Complete text, index, search, bible verse, bible story, scripture, book, prophesy, christian. The lords presence was connected with a whirlwind in job 38. These are the kenites that came of hemath, the father of the house of rechab. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves. I summarised the bible on twitter between aug 2010 and nov 20 one tweet per chapter, one chapter per day. The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of israel and judah by a deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century bce, with a supplement added in the sixth century bce. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up fortytwo lads of their number 2 kings 2.