18 And they returned to him, for he was living in Jericho. And he said to them: "Did I not say to you, 'Do not send them?' "
19 Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: "Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren."
20 And so he said, "Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it." And when they had brought it,
21 he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: "Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them."
22 Then the waters were healed, even to this day, in accord with the word of Elisha, which he spoke.
23 Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: "Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!"
24 And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.