2 Kings 2:23

Little children] RM 'young lads' Bethel, one of the seats of the calf-worship, was at a later date a royal chapel (Amos 7:13), and perhaps enjoyed the same distinction in Elijah's day; and the prophet, by his zeal for the Lord, may have there incurred popular resentment, of which the mockery here described was a symptom. Thou bald head] a bald forehead might give rise to the suspicion and reproach of leprosy (Leviticus 13:42).