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Thread: Elisha & the She-bears
2 Kings 2:23-25 contains the story of how 42 children met 2 furry animals.
Despite this plot, the story doesn’t make it into children’s Bibles, as the children get mauled by the bears after mocking Elisha.
Why is this grim tale in the Bible?
2 Kings 2:23-25 contains the story of how 42 children met 2 furry animals.
Despite this plot, the story doesn’t make it into children’s Bibles, as the children get mauled by the bears after mocking Elisha.
Why is this grim tale in the Bible?
First, let’s read the passage in some translations which don’t help much.
Here’s the NRSV.
Notice that the ‘small boys’ tell Elisha ‘Go away’.
Here’s the NRSV.
Notice that the ‘small boys’ tell Elisha ‘Go away’.
Here’s the Revised English Bible.
Here the ‘small boys’ tell Elisha to ‘get along’.
Here the ‘small boys’ tell Elisha to ‘get along’.
