2 Kings 2:23 (WEB)
He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“If those children had not been devoured, would they have lived even till now?” — editor's note: 2 Kings ii. 23, 24.
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Tertullian
“Against young lads, too, did He send forth bears, for their irreverence to the prophet.” — editor's note: 2 Kings ii. 23, 24. [See notes 4, 5, 9, following.]
Read the whole comment“The Creator, on the contrary, let loose bears against children, in order to avenge His prophet Elisha, who had been mocked by them.” — editor's note: 2 Kings ii. 23, 24.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together with
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.14.
Parallel passages
Genesis 26:23 and 2 Kings 2:23 share the same wording (5 words).