[2:19] Some men from Jericho went to Elisha and said, “As you know, sir, this is a fine city, but the water is bad and causes miscarriages.”
[2:20] “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me,” he ordered. They brought it to him,
[2:21] and he went to the spring, threw the salt in the water, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I make this water pure, and it will not cause any more deaths or miscarriages.’”
[2:22] And that water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.
[2:23] Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel, and on the way some boys came out of a town and made fun of him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they shouted.
[2:24] Elisha turned around, glared at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.
[2:25] Elisha went on to Mount Carmel and later returned to Samaria.