2 Kings 2:23

23From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”

23Now he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the road, some young boys came out from the city and ridiculed him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

23Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

23Then Elisha went up from Jericho to 2:23 Many people in Bethel participated in pagan worship and regarded the prophets of God with contempt.Bethel. On the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you 2:23 This refers to a bald space on the back of the head, which was probably shaved by prophets as a symbol of their sacred separation from ordinary life. So it appears that the boys were not only ridiculing Elisha’s baldness, but his prophetic office as well.baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys2:23 Or some small youths or some insignificant young men; similarly in verse 24 came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

23Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. He was walking along the road. Some boys came out of the town. They made fun of him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here! You don’t even have any hair on your head!”