2 Kings 2:24 - The Scriptures 1998

And he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the Name of יהוה. And two female bears came out of the forest and tore to pieces forty-two of the youths.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he turned around and looked at them and called a curse down on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped up forty-two of the boys.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

Common English Bible

Turning around, Elisha looked at them and cursed them in the LORD’s name. Then two bears came out of the woods and mangled forty-two of the youths.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And looking back, he saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord: and there came forth two bears out of the forest, and tore of them two and forty boys.

2 Kings 2:24 Cross References

Genesis 9:25

and he said, “Cursed is Kenaʽ

2 Samuel 17:8

And Ḥ

1 Kings 13:24

And he went, and a lion met him on the way and killed him. And his body was thrown on the way. And the donkey was standing by it, and the lion was standing by the body.

1 Kings 19:17

“And it shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Ḥ

1 Kings 20:36

Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of יהוה, see, as soon as you leave me a lion shall smite you.” And when he left him, a lion found him and smote him.

2 Kings 2:25

And from there he went to Mount Karmel, and from there he returned to Shomeron.

Exodus 20:5

you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה  your Elohim am a jealous Ě

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bereaved bear meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are in store for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion and a charging bear Is a wrongdoing ruler over poor people.

Jeremiah 28:16

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am sending you away from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, for you have spoken apostasy against יהוה.’ ”

Lamentations 3:65

Give them a veiled heart, Your curse upon them!

Hosea 13:8

like a bear robbed of her young I attack them and rip open the enclosure of their heart. And there I devour them like a lion, a wild beast tear them apart.

Leviticus 26:22

and send wild beasts among you, which shall bereave you of your children. And I shall cut off your livestock, and make you few in number, and your highways shall be deserted.

Amos 7:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה, ‘Your wife shall become a whore in the city, and your sons and daughters fall by the sword, and your land be divided by a measuring line, and you die in a defiled land, and Yisra’ĕ

Mark 11:14

And יהושע, responding, said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His taught ones heard it.

Mark 11:21

Then Kĕ

Acts 5:5

Then Ḥ

Acts 5:9

So Kĕ

Acts 8:20

But Kĕ

2 Corinthians 10:6

and being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

Judges 9:20

“But if not, let fire come out from Aḇ

Judges 9:57

And all the evil of the men of Sheḵ