2 Kings 2:24 (WEB)
He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the LORD’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.
Fathers and councils · 4
Gregory the Great
“And that the fault of peoples does much harm to the life of pastors we perceive in what David did (2 Kings ii. 24).” — the author cites it
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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 · 12
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.14.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII VII.5.