19. Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “The location of this city is good, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
20. He said, “Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21. He went out to the spring of water and threw the salt into it and said, “Thus says the Lord: I have healed this water. No more death or unfruitfulness will come from it.”
22. So the waters have been healthy until this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.
23. He went up from there to Bethel, and going up on the way, little boys came out of the city and made fun of him and said to him, “Go up, you bald head! Go up, you bald head!”
24. He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped open forty-two of the boys.
25. He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.