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2Ki 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Beth-el		1Ki 12:28-32; Hsa 4:15; Hsa 10:5,15; Amo 3:14; Amo 4:4; Amo 5:5; Amo 7:13
little children		"The words nëârim ketannim not only signify little children but young men; for katon signifies not only little, but young, in opposition to old; and näâr signifies not only a child, but a young man grown to years of maturity: thus Isaac is called näâr when twenty-eight years old, Joseph when thirty-nine, and Rehoboam when forty. These idolatrous young men, having heard of the ascension of Elijah, without believing it, blasphemously bade Elisha to follow him. The venerable prophet, from a Divine impulse, pronounced a curse ""in the name of the LORD,"" which was immediately followed by the most terrible judgment; thus evincing the Source from which it flowed. Job 19:18; Job 30:1,8-31; Pro 20:11; Pro 22:6,15; Ecc 11:10; Isa 1:4; Isa 3:5; Jer 7:18"
mocked		Gen 21:9; 2Ch 36:16; Job 30:1,8,9; Psa 35:15; Isa 57:3,4; Gal 4:29; Hbr 11:36
Go up		2Ki 2:11; Mat 27:29-31,40-43

Correlating Passages

Beth-el

	1Ki 12:28	Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
	1Ki 12:29	And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
	1Ki 12:30	And this thing became a sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan.
	1Ki 12:31	And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
	1Ki 12:32	And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
	Hsa 4:15	Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
	Hsa 10:5	The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
	Hsa 10:15	So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
	Amo 3:14	That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
	Amo 4:4	Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
	Amo 5:5	But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
	Amo 7:13	But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.

little children

	Job 19:18	Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
	Job 30:1	But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
	Job 30:8	[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
	Job 30:9	And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
	Job 30:10	They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
	Job 30:11	Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
	Job 30:12	Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
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	Pro 20:11	Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
	Pro 22:6	Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
	Pro 22:15	Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
	Ecc 11:10	Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth [are] vanity.
	Isa 1:4	Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
	Isa 3:5	And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
	Jer 7:18	The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead [their] dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

mocked

	Gen 21:9	And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
	2Ch 36:16	But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
	Job 30:1	But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
	Job 30:8	[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
	Job 30:9	And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
	Psa 35:15	But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
	Isa 57:3	But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
	Isa 57:4	Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
	Gal 4:29	But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
	Hbr 11:36	And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Go up

	2Ki 2:11	And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
	Mat 27:29	And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
	Mat 27:30	And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
	Mat 27:31	And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify [him].
	Mat 27:40	And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
	Mat 27:41	Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,
	Mat 27:42	He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
	Mat 27:43	He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

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