2 19 Now the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful." 2 20 He said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. 2 21 Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, I have made this water wholesome; henceforth neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it." 2 22 So the water has been wholesome to this day, according to the word which Elisha spoke.
2 23 He went up from there to Bethel; and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!" 2 24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. 2 25 From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and thence he returned to Samaria.