HolyCow

PRAISE JESUS!!they got attacked by the bear when the bear broke out of its cage and tear them into peaces after mocking their bald christian pastor for the whole entire day.(2 Kings 2:23-24)23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” 24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE4DB1F38E733A25750C2A9639C94 6097D6C

Clovis

The answer is 42!!!!

jojokeeper

"3 kids killed by bear after mocking their bald Pastor" is that another Biblical miracle or what??!!!!!Perhaps, but a tragedy none the less.

righteous992003

Its terrible

Lyreceus

It certainly is a miracle!But, it was not a Christian pastor. There were no Christians when Kings was written. It was probably a Jewish guy.Still, all modern Christians should know about this miracle so they can use it to threaten backsliders, nailbiters, deniers, and fornicators. "Do not criticise your church leaders, else you could be mauled by bears, dang heathen! And, especially do not say 'Go up' or 'baldy.'"

Gastounet

42 kids dear, not 3.....

Bill

The reason for the 42 children's being killed is this:Elisha had become God’s main prophet. Elisha was traveling up from Jericho toward Bethel, so he was in this area, some ten miles south of Shiloh. What reception would he receive from the people of Bethel, which had become a center for the worship of a golden calf? Evidently the adults were antagonistic toward Jehovah’s prophet, and their attitude seems to have rubbed off on their offspring.Second Kings 2:23, 24 tells us that a band of youths jeered God’s prophet: “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” In response, Elisha “called down evil upon them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out from the woods and went tearing to pieces forty-two children of their number.” Such Syrian brown bears could be ferocious when surprised or when their cubs seemed threatened. God used them to execute divine justice against those who grossly despised his representative and thus despised Jehovah himself.Jehovah tolerates no disrespect for his official servants. When the delinquents mocked Elisha as the prophet of Jehovah, He brought swift recompense.The primary reason for their jeers seems to have been not that Elisha was bald but that they saw a bald man wearing Elijah’s familiar official garment. They did not want any successor of Elijah around.To answer this challenge of his being Elijah’s successor and to teach these young people and their parents proper respect for Jehovah’s prophet, Elisha called down evil upon the jeering mob in the name of the God of Elijah. It was a test of his prophetship. Jehovah manifested his approval of Elisha by causing two she-bears to come out of the nearby woods and to tear to pieces 42 of them.

Angeltress

Where's the story?The 42 Hebrew children?No way to know how old they were...they were probably grown men.The Bible never does call this a miracle.It just reports that it happened. It doesn't even say that it happened BECAUSE they were mocking Elisha, but it does say that Elisha cursed them.Understandable. I mean, a bunch of ne'er do wells following an old bald guy around in order to make fun of him? Obviously they had not been well-brought-up. Someone forgot to teach them simple manners.Maybe they got in between a couple of mother bears and their cubs while they were following a bald man around to jeer at him.After all, aren't there supposed to be natural explanations for most of the events in the Bible??(Hey, maybe the real miracle is that the she-bears didn't go after God's servant. Maybe the story is in there to show us how God can protect His servants.)Some people will go to any lengths to mock someone they don't agree with, and then, when they get hurt doing it, it's all God's fault.It's amazing, it truly is.Some people never learn.So, do I get another ten points, so you can cuss me some more?Not that it matters, I'm already a level 7...I just get a kick out of somebody who awards a "Best Answer" just so they can vent some more rage at them.Truly, you amaze me. Seriously, do you hate Christians this much??