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More Than Child's Play
Commentators clarify that the term for the mockers does not mean toddlers. Scholars suggest they were youths or young men, old enough to be accountable for their actions. Their mockery was not innocent teasing but a malicious act, likely reflecting the idolatrous culture of their city, Bethel.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 2:23
18th Century
Theologian
As Bethel was the older center of calf-worship (1 Kings 12:32–33; 1 Kings 13:1–32), a prophet of Yahweh was not unlikely to…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 2:23
19th Century
Bishop
Went up. — From Jericho, in the plain, Elisha now goes to visit the prophetic community established at Beth-el, the chief…
John Gill
On 2 Kings 2:23
17th Century
Pastor
And he went up from there to Bethel
From Jericho, which lay in a plain, to Bethel, situated on an hill, and therefor…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 2:19–25
17th Century
Minister
Observe the miracle of healing the waters. Prophets should make every place to which they come better for its inhabitants, endeavoring to sweeten b…