ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Kgs 2:23
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2 Kgs 2:23

2:23 baldhead. It may be that the youths were sarcastically comparing Elisha with his teacher Elijah, who “wore a garment of hair” (1:8), and taunting him to “go up” to heaven as Elijah had done (v. 11).