From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"
Cross References
Leviticus 13:40Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
2 Kings 2:22And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
2 Chronicles 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.
Psalm 31:17O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Psalm 31:18May lying lips be silenced--lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Treasury of Scripture
And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.
Beth-el
1 Kings 12:28-32
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt…
Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hosea 10:5,15
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it…
Job 19:18
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job 30:1,8
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…
Proverbs 20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
mocked
Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
2 Chronicles 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.
Job 30:1,8,9
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…
Go up
2 Kings 2:11
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Matthew 27:29-31,40-43
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! …
