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He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
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A Divine Act, Not Human Anger
Commentators stress that Elisha's curse was not a fit of personal anger but an act of divine authority. They explain he acted "in the name of the Lord" and by "divine impulse." The curse was an inspired pronouncement of God's judgment against rebellion, and the severe consequence that followed confirmed it was from God, not from human vengeance.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This is the only occasion where we find Elisha acting as a minister of vengeance. Perhaps it was necessary to show at the outset of his prophetic c…
19th Century
Anglican
He turned back. — The boys were following him with their jeers. Thenius says, “The wanton young people, who did not have the coura…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he turned back, and looked on them With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate …
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